A planting pot and tray system comprises a plurality of pots and a tray havingmultiplereceptacles configured to receive the pots. Each pot includes at least onerounded side, and atleast one generally flat side, with each receptacle including at least onecurved wall and at leastone generally straight wall. The receptacles are configured to receive thepots with the roundedand flat sides of the pot engaging with respective walls of the receptacle towhereby therespective shapes of the receptacles and pots orient the pots within thereceptacles. A frontwall of the receptacle is shorter than the pot whereby a portion of side ofthe pot is exposed anddirected outwardly from the tray.