Decorative cover formed of a paper and/or polymeric material and having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth

A method of providing a decorative preformed flower pot cover having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth disposed on or visible through at least a portion thereof, the method comprising the steps of:

• molding a polymeric material into a decorative preformed flower pot cover having an initially open condition, the decorative preformed flower pot cover comprising a preformed base having a lower end, an open upper end, an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface and a retaining space, wherein the preformed base is substantially free of overlapping folds;
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• modifying at least a portion of at least one surface of the polymeric material or the decorative preformed flower pot cover formed therefrom to provide a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth disposed on or visible through at least a portion of at least one surface of the decorative preformed flower pot cover, and wherein the texture or appearance of cloth comprises the texture or appearance of a non-lace cloth.