Neal - It actually *is* very large.. almost a foot long and a good 8" around at the base. These bushes had bloomed last year, but this year has been a MUCH better blooming time due to the amount of snow we'd gotten in Feb/March. I'd put them in the ground (they were little 5gal buckets from Home Depot) 2 years ago (2013), so they're still fairly young plants.