Daphne laureola is known as spurge laurel, or woodland spurge.It is an evergreen shrub of bushy habit with shiny green oblong to ovate-lanceolate leaves, and has greeny-yellow flowers borne in the leaf axils of the upper parts of the previous years growths.  These appear in February and March, followed by ovoid black berries.  This species is grown mainly for its handsome foliage.