The Yellow Oregon Grape Looks For The Positive In Life

A yellow Oregon Grape in my garden next to red Quince flowers

We've got a yellow flowering shrub, or bush in our garden that is full of colour this time of year. Yesterday someone was looking out into our garden and asked me what the flowers were called. I had no idea - I don't do Latin names and simply enjoy plants, rather than knowing much about them.

So here's the synchronicity or coincidence. I went over to Terri Patrick's Blog and what do I see? What looks to be the very same flowering bush and - being more knowledgeable than I - Terri has given a description: "Oregon Grape flower. Produces tiny blue berries, not for humans."

Photo from Terri Patrick's Blog

So now I know and was able to search Oregon Grape on Google. It's Latin name is Mahonia aquifolium, which I will immediately forget on principle. Interesting though was the plant was designated the USA Oregon state flower in 1899 and it's sometimes known as a holly-leaved barberry.

On the The Ananda Apothecary website I discovered that, "Through Oregon Grape the soul learns to break the basic pattern of mistrust. It realizes that it can look instead for the positive intentions of others, and create situations which generate good will and loving inclusion."

Okay, perhaps that's the message from this synchronicity.

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