I stuck a bulb in a pot in the house. It grew but got pretty flimsy. I probably kept it too wet and it died back. I stuck the pot out in the greenhouse. By spring it had come back up and I moved it to the garden. It even survived me hoeing most of it off.
They try to claim I am zone 5. Normal years it gets to -30⁰F. Last year it was -40⁰F.
I pick items for zone 3. Some zone 4 things will survive but nothing from zone 5 will survive the normal winters.
The year I had the 123.75 lb. one, I couldn't pick it up. I had neck issues at the time. It was all I could do to roll it into the wheelbarrow, roll it onto the scale and back into the wheelbarrow.
The woman I gave it to had her husband (big, stout farmer) pick it up and put it on his...