Abstract: A protective container for a potlike or boxlike container capable of receiving plants, flowers, bulbs, fruits and the like and provided with a closed tubular wall ending in an outwardly extending flange and with a lower wall having openings, wherein the protective container is provided with a closed circumferential wall ending in an outwardly extending collar edge and a bottom wall without openings and is manufactured from a resilient plastics material, wherein the container and the protective container are coupled relative to each other by an annular element manufactured from a resilient material and comprising an annular wall in which at least two circumferentially extending slots are provided, each for receiving a part of both the collar edge and the flange lying thereon.

Abstract: A package to be provided on and around a box-shaped container having a flanged edge, manufactured from a material having resilient properties and an inherent stiffness and including an open tubular element composed of at least three sidewall panels and these connecting corner panels are each provided with a local recess for letting through a part of the flanged edge, the arrangement being such that when a package has been placed on the container, the parts of the flanged edge that extend through a recess project outside the outer circumference of the package at least in the area around that recess. Optionally, such a package can be provided by a tool of tubular form capable of retaining an unfolded package in its interior, which tool with the package secured therein is preferably slid around and on a container from below.