Pomona Sprout

Pomona Sprout was the Herbology teacher and Head of Hufflepuff house, her talented student Neville Longbottom succeded her as the Herbology professor, but it is unknown if she shares the Herbology lessons with Longbottom or retired. Her most notable accomplishment is having prepared a draught of mandrake to revive those who had been petrified during the incident in which the chamber of secrets was opened for the second time in 1992.

Biography
Sprout is first seen in 1991 but she played no active role until 1992, in which she taught her second year students to work with Mandrake plants. She was responsible for raising the Mandrakes to full maturity, at which point their juice was used to revive the Petrified victims of the Basilisk. Sprout subsequently appeared in 1994, in which she showed her fourth-year class how to collect bubotuber pus for use as a cure for persistent acne. That same year she comforted Amos Diggory and his wife after the death of their son, Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory, whom she knew well.

Sprout was a non-vocal supporter of Harry Potter's story about Lord Voldemort's resurrection. Like many teachers at Hogwarts, she detested Dolores Umbridge's presence and did her best to disobey her. On one such occasion, she awards twenty house points to Gryffindor because Harry passed her a watering can.

After the Battle of the Lightening-Struck Tower, Sprout met with fellow staff Minerva McGonagall, Filius Flitwick, Horace Slughorn and Rubeus Hagrid to discuss the future of Hogwarts. Sprout was a staunch advocate of keeping Hogwarts open after headmaster Albus Dumbledore's death, stating that Dumbledore would have wanted it so. She also supported the suggestion that Dumbledore should be laid to rest at Hogwarts though no headmaster has ever received a burial there before. Sprout attended Dumbledore's funeral, where she appears cleaner than her students have ever seen her before.

Sprout does not appear again until the Battle of Hogwarts she led the Hufflepuff house to safety and collected numerous plants with the help of some students including Neville Longbottom to use against the attacking Death Eaters. Among the plants used were Devil's Snare, Mandrakes, tentacula, and snargaluff pods. Professor Sprout ultimately survived the battle. What became of her after the death of Voldemort is unknown, though Neville Longbottom replaced her as a teacher nineteen years after the Battle of Hogwarts.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows