Nothing for 5 months

I received this plant bare root with NO, not even one leave, but plump, healthy looking and arriving on time. I have poured my heart sweat and tears into this plant but nothing until the weather warmed up transplanting in a different pot with more rock in the soil and putting it outside where it gets evening sun. Now after 5 months a new leave started to emerge last week and today a couple more. Hooray!!!! Why is it shipped bare root?

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