Method of crimping a floral sleeve about a pot

A method of wrapping a potted plant, comprising:

• providing a tubular sleeve comprising:
• a base portion having a lower end;
• an upper end, an inner surface, an outer surface and a retaining space for enclosing a pot means, and sized to substantially cover the pot means, and having an adhesive bonding material disposed upon a portion thereof for forming a crimped portion of the base portion, and
• a sleeve portion having an upper end, an upper peripheral edge and a lower peripheral edge, the lower peripheral edge connected to the base portion, detachable therefrom and extending a distance therefrom, and sized to substantially surround and encompass a floral grouping;
• providing a pot means, the pot means having an upper end, a lower end, and an inner space and a floral grouping disposed within the inner space;
• disposing the pot means within the retaining space of the base portion of the tubular sleeve wherein the pot means is substantially surrounded by the base portion and the floral grouping is substantially surrounded by the sleeve portion;
• and
• bondingly connecting portions of the base portion via the adhesive bonding material on the base portion forming a crimped portion in the base portion, the crimped portion holding the tubular sleeve in a position about the pot means.