Beware! This is a plant that is blooming now along the walk to Guppy Waterfall and on the O'Loughlin property on the red trail. Do not touch it. There are toxins in the bark, leaves (although they are not out right now) and in the berries that will appear later on. This is from the Nova Scotia Museum: "Daphne, also called spurge laurel, lady laurel, paradise plant, or dwarf bay, is a small shrub about 1–1.5 metres in height. It blooms in early spring, before the appearance of the leaves, with sweet-scented, rose-purple flowers clustered about the stem." It is one of our first flowers but the beauty is one to be very cautious with.