Originally Posted by amantedelenguaje

It is a matter of economics. If nurseries ship in the winter when they know it is cold, the plants will most likely die. When consumers receive dead plants in the mail, they tend to want a refund. The company has now lost the plant, the money, the shipping fee, and the customer. If the company does this several hundred times, they will go out of business.

I have ordered bananas from Florida Hills, Greenearth Co, Wellspring Gardens, and Hirts previous winters. These companies shipped their bananas to me and they arrived just fine. However, I have never experienced a winter like this one with temperatures running 30 degrees below normal. I agree with the others, it would be better to wait until April.