What kind of vegitation is around the Dursley's?

[dungrollin]

No: HPFGUIDX 121566



> Julie wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know, was there ever mention of what plants were 
around
> > the Dursley's house?  I know Holly is supposed to protect from 
> wizards
> snip
> I was wondering if that might have been one of the
> > protections around the Dursley's?
> 
> Meri here: I think there are quotes in many of the books about the 
> Dursleys having runner beans, flower beds and shrubbery around 
their 
> yard. I know they have a greenhouse or a hothouse (because Dudley 
> once threw his pet tortoise through the roof of it) but wouldn't a 
> holly tree be kind of a weird thing to find in a British suburb? 
> And, come to that, would the ultra-Muggle Dursleys allow a magical 
> tree to be planted in their yard even in the interest of 
protection? 
> I always got the impression that the protections surrounding the 
> Dursley's home were unknown (except perhaps to Petunia), so I 
don't 
> think so. 
> Meri

Holly is perfectly normal in the suburb of London in which I live, 
as it is in much (if not all) of the UK.  In fact, if you've got a 
female, you're quite chuffed as it makes Christmas decorations so 
much easier.  I sincerely doubt that the Dursleys would know that 
Holly had any magical properties, and doubt that they would 
investigate. (I didn't).

Dungrollin
(From the bit of Surrey that is in suburban London, really not far 
from Little Whinging at all.)