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.