Thursday Challenge—"large"

For this one, I'm revisiting the chrysanthemum show
at the New York Botanical Garden. Flowers
seemed appropriate for the first day of spring, and these 
are, in fact, very large. The blooms are several inches
across and this ozukuri is one huge plant, on a single stem!

It takes about a year to grow/train one.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo
 Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]