Automatically shipped UPS 2 day air with insulation. Plants ship out Monday-Wednesday typically. If you want to upgrade shipping let me know and I can price it out for you. Any questions feel free to reach out. the plant was variegated when was a lot smaller form tc it was a mint variegated cuprea but slowly reverted it may give you variegated pups from its corms but there is no guarantee they will be variegated.