It was posted overnight and arrived with me the next day. Although cold, it didn’t get below 0 here and the nursery insists it wasn’t sent out in this state. In other words, the implication is that it happened overnight!
I’ve kept it on a warm windowsill as suggested by the sellers but there is not a scrap of evidence of life in the plant.
I’ve read conflicting reports of hardiness. Cross Common is selling it with a tolerance of -5 and a few other sources suggest similar. Others state that it is completely intolerant of frost, requiring +5 to survive and +10 to remain evergreen. If it will survive a night, boxed, at around 0, then I’m sadly convinced that I was sent a dead plant. They have offered to replace it but I’ve asked for a photo before they send it. In the same package was Brugmansia (look away now Paul) Snowbank which is growing fine. Of the two, I would have expected the Brug to have suffered the journey with more ill-effect.
