Plant package having a decorative covering

A plant package comprising a flower pot, a floral grouping and a preformed tubular sleeve, the plant package constructed by the method comprising:

• providing a preformed flexible sleeve having an upper end and a closed lower end, the preformed flexible sleeve being continuously sealed from the upper end to the closed lower end and when opened having a generally frusto-conical shape prior to application about a flower pot, and the preformed flexible sleeve comprising:
• a decorative lower portion sized and dimensioned to contain the flower pot;
• and
• a skirt portion integral to the decorative lower portion and extending therefrom a distance above an upper end of the flower pot when the preformed flexible sleeve is disposed about the flower pot, wherein the upper end of the preformed flexible sleeve is provided with a plurality of curved portions which provide a decorative design to the skirt portion;
• disposing the flower pot having a floral grouping therein within the preformed flexible sleeve such that the decorative lower portion of the preformed flexible sleeve contains the flower pot with the flower pot disposed on the closed lower end of the preformed flexible sleeve and wherein the decorative skirt portion is disposed adjacent only a lower portion of the floral grouping disposed in the flower pot thereby forming the plant package;
• and
• securing the preformed flexible sleeve about the flower pot via a ribbon, a heat shrinkable material, a fastening material, a barb, a weld, an adhesive or cohesive bonding material, an elastic band, a rubber band, a string, a plastic band, a wire, or a paper strip.