My daughter who lives in America sent me a miniature red rose for Mothering Sunday. I opened the box within minutes of its arrival. When I removed the protective plastic most of the leaves were off and black in colour. I put it in a ceramic pot and could see that one rosebud had fallen off and 3 more of the stems had snapped. I put all the damaged rose buds in water but they just went brown. Now all stems are dead and only one little stem has any green on it. I am totally disappointed particularly as I don't see my daughter that often because of her living in another country.