Maurice you are lucky
In a "normal" winter I would not be able to even find the label for Itsy Bitsy Spider never mind see the plant. This has been one of the strangest winters here....no snow cover, I saw the "graveyard" of labels all winter and we were overall very mild temperature wise. Most likely will be one of the warmest if not the warmest winter on record. IBS has always had the growth buds underground, the first few years I grew it I thought it was dead each spring until I realized it keeps them down under the soil line. IBS also does not seem to start to grow until it has warmed up a bit, I see growth on other dl's long before the green tips of IBS start to show. Once it is up it grows extremely quickly and is always one of the first to bloom here. One of my favorites!
I took some images for you. One of IBS as found, second after cleaning away what I could of the dead leaves and scapes and third after I dug down through the top layer of soil that thawed in the sun today. ( I do not recommend digging down, you can easily damage the growth bud!) Hope the images help. Are there any others you might like to see that I could be growing?