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In the wild 'n tangled places at Nana's out by the lake, she grew her "Clove Bush". Like a forsythia yellow in blossom and rigor, it sprouts without much encouragement at all ... rhizomes easily trespass the thickest of sods, trying the patience of even the best of neighbors. The SMELL come spring is heaven itself! CLOVES. Folks all around, gardeners or not, remark & revel in this phenomenon I simply call "Nana's Clove Bush". Starting a sprig in a bucket of water is simple enough; plug 'n grow without much soil prep. Has anyone heard of such a thing? Nana had a hand in the beginnings of the University of Minnesota's Arboretum in Chaska ... some of her Hostas grow in my yard, generously split and shared with neighbors. Hybrids or common, her green thumb tended all into such splendor that boaters out on the lake (Minnetonka) would stop to picnic in her yard thinking it a park. Who knows what a "Clove Bush" is ... one of the many things amongst her "whatchyamacallits" (^_^).