NO bigger. NOT dead.

I, fortuitously, mentioned the fact that we bought it 19th Jul 2015.
In May, last year, it looked like this.  I notice it does seem to have lost one stem since last year.
:¬(
Those who purport to know said, some time ago, on one of the Radio/TV gardening progs. You, usually, plant it up to 3 times before it takes.
If it's going to survive 2-3 years before it pops its clogs each time I plant it, I'll have time to pop my own before it takes satisfactorily and I see a flower.