Can you tell what it is?

Attempted not to do a snow blip today, but its ended up being a weather related one in the relatively tropical Highlands (relative to Edinburgh that is !)


This is one of a pair, outside probably one of the best Indian restaurants in Scotland


and what is it?


Why its a bay tree wrapped in clingfilm to protect it from the cold....it must work as the owner Muhji has done it every year since it opened