Patent ID: 6625928
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A method for growing a plant in a decorative grower's container having an aesthetically pleasing appearance such that the decorative grower's container is not covered with a decorative cover or sleeve to hide the decorative grower's container and the grown plant is not transplanted into a second container when the grown plant contained in the decorative grower's container is on display, and wherein the decorative grower's container having the plant grown therein may be shipped from a grower's location to wholesale or retail distribution points for sale of the plant in the decorative grower's container, the method comprising the steps of:providing at least one sticker with a bonding material thereon; providing a decorative grower's container to a grower of plants at a grower's location, the decorative grower's container having an open upper end, a closed lower end, at least one drain hole, a sidewall having an outer peripheral surface, the sidewall and the closed lower end cooperating to define a floral grouping retaining space in open communication with the open upper end of the decorative grower's container and a decorative printed pattern disposed on at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the sidewall of the decorative grower's container; applying at least one sticker over at least one drain hole in the decorative grower's container so as to seal at least one drain hole; disposing a growing medium and a floral grouping in the floral grouping retaining space of the decorative grower's container; feeding and watering the floral grouping growing in the decorative grower's container; cleaning at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the sidewall of the decorative grower's container so that the decorative printed pattern on at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the sidewall of the decorative grower's container is visible when the matured floral grouping contained in the decorative grower's container is on display, thereby providing a decorative container having an aesthetically pleasing appearance and a controllable rate of drainage; providing a sheet of material having an opening therein; disposing the decorative grower's container into the opening in the sheet of material and forming the sheet of material into a decorative collar about the decorative grower's container; and shipping the decorative grower's container containing the floral grouping to a distributor at wholesale or retail distribution points so that the decorative printed pattern on a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the sidewall of the decorative grower's container provides the aesthetically pleasing appearance to the decorative grower's container when the matured floral grouping contained in the decorative grower's container is on display at wholesale or retail distribution points, and wherein the aesthetically pleasing appearance is provided without the use of a decorative flower pot cover or sleeve and without transplanting the plant into a second container.