Container For Growing And Displaying A Nursery Item

A container assembly for displaying plants and other nursery items, the container assembly comprising:

• a lower container portion for containing a plant for growing, the lower container portion including a container wall which defines a cavity within the confines of the container wall, the upper end of the wall is open so as to define an open top for permitting access to the cavity, the container wall includes at least two mounting flanges extending laterally from the wall;
• and
• an upper display portion including an upper wall which substantially circumscribes the top of the container wall, at least a portion of the upper wall is substantially transparent or translucent portion so as to permit light to pass through the upper wall, at least a complementary number of mounting slots to the mounting flanges on the lower container portion are formed through the upper wall, each slot being located proximate to but spaced apart from a lower edge of the upper wall, and having a width that is slightly wider than the width of a corresponding mounting flange, and a hanging tab formed integral with the upper wall and extending upward from a portion of the upper wall, the hanging tab including a slot or hole formed in or attached to the hanging tab for retaining the container assembly on a display, the upper wall being made from a single piece of material that is folded to form individual wall sections, with at least one end of the upper wall including an extension that is folded so as to overlie and attach to a portion of the other end of the upper wall thereby forming a single enclosure with an open top and bottom,
• wherein each mounting flange on the lower container portion extends through a slot in the upper wall so as to secure or attach the upper display portion to the lower container portion.