As usual, this flower combination was well packaged. It even already had a couple of small blossoms on it. I planted it the very evening that it arrived and it NEVER appeared to have any 'shipping shock'. It's now a part of a little flower display I have in front of 3 large windows in my kitchen. I wish I could figure out how to post a photo, but I don't see any way to do that. In any case, it is very pretty in my flower display, blending in perfectly with my plumbago and pinks.