Gardenia

We have a bed of Gardenias along the front of our house. 

Years ago, when we had our house leveled, the crew dug up several when they were placing pilings.  Most were replanted once they were through, but one never made it.  I saw it a week or so later, lying out in the yard.  Its roots were bare and dried, and I figured it was dead.

I threw it and some grass clippings on a trash pile behind the barn and forgot about it.

Today, that "dead" bush is over eight feet in diameter and taller than the barn.  It is covered with buds that are just beginning to open, and it smells wonderful.