Potted plant package

Claim 1

A package for a pot containing a plant comprising, in combination, an initially flat decorative sheet, said sheet being of such a flexibility and pliability that it will wrap and form around said pot but will not stay around said pot without additional support, a flexible tubular sleeve made of collapsible material openable into said sleeve, said sleeve being positionable around the pot to snugly encircle said sheet and pot and being the sole means of holding the sheet in position around the pot, portions of said sheet extending upwardly from said sleeve to form a decorative background for the plant, and a message card positioned between said transparent sleeve and said decorative sheet to be held in slideable and retractable position by said sleeve, whereby an attractive plant package is provided, wherein said sleeve has an upper portion for protecting the potted plant such as during shipment and which is removable from the pot in situ and a lower portion which remains around the pot to hold the sheet and card in position, and a ribbon mounted on said card, said card being positionable with the card and ribbon straddling said sleeve, and with the ribbon facing outwardly.