Plant Package Having a Decorative Covering

Abstract

A plant package includes a flower pot containing a floral grouping and a flexible sleeve which may be provided with detaching elements at preselected areas. The sleeve may be secured about the flower pot by a banding element when the flower pot is positioned within the sleeve. When the sleeve is positioned about the flower pot, a decorative lower portion of the sleeve contains the flower pot, and a skirt portion of the sleeve is disposed about a lower portion of the floral grouping contained within the flower pot.

1 . A covering for a pot, the pot having an upper rim, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface, and a shape, the covering comprising: 
 a flexible sleeve having an upper portion, a lower portion, and an extension, the lower portion comprising a base portion and a decorative skirt portion, and the flexible sleeve having at least one detaching element wherein the upper portion is detachable from the lower portion via the at least one detaching element, and wherein the base portion of the lower portion is sized to surround the outer peripheral surface of the pot and the decorative skirt portion is sized to extend a distance from the pot when the pot is disposed within the base portion of the lower portion of the flexible sleeve; and, wherein the at least one detaching element is selected from the group consisting of perforations, tear strips, zippers and combinations thereof.