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Wisteria, currently in full bloom across the UK, could add up to 5 per cent to the price of your home – so smitten are homebuyers with the look of the trailing purple flowers.

Last year the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) reported a surge in demand for the English garden favourite, which gently grows across brickwork before exploding into colour in the spring.

It’s a staple in British period dramas, with the Netflix series Bridgerton apparently sparking a huge demand for pots of it after the latest season aired in 2022.

Flowering for weeks on end between April and June – and occasionally offering a second flourish at the summer’s end, wisteria can transform the way a home looks when it blooms.

Add in a fragrant scent, and it’s little wonder that homeowners are seduced by the flower when potentially considering a property purchase.

A well-established standard wisteria plant costs around £40 but estate agents have predicted it could add up to 5 per cent on to the value of a home – offering a handsome return.

Rosebie Morton, founder of The Real Flower Company, says people looking for the dream home are often seduced by an ambrosial exterior aesthetic.

She tells FEMAIL: ‘Buying a home can be an incredibly emotional process and there’s plenty of research connecting scent and emotion.

‘Not only does wisteria look beautiful, it’s a highly fragrant flower with musky notes which linger in the air, evoking a sense of being in the English countryside no matter where you are.

‘Potential buyers experiencing this as they walk through your front door are already associating the property with positivity and forming an emotional connection to the home.’

She warns though that the plant is slow-maturing so buying a pot now and hoping for instant blooms is unlikely to happen: ‘Those looking to recreate the effect could be waiting up to five years for the plant to bloom, depending on how it was bought or grown.

‘However, to have a fully matured wisteria plant adorning the front of a house or doorway could be as attractive as a house with a loft conversion or en-suite for some buyers.’

And the plant is also great for the rest of your garden, says Sam Jenkinson, a garden expert at shed specialist Tiger.

He says: ‘Wisteria has a long history in British gardening culture and the quintessential associations it holds brings a touch of nostalgia and heritage to a traditional home or garden.

‘As well as looking beautiful, Wisteria flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, contributing to the biodiversity of a garden which is hugely relevant in the gardening world right now has the re-wilding trend continues to grow.’

HOW WISTERIA CAN ADD VALUE TO YOUR HOME

USE IT TO FRAME OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE

Sam revealed: ‘Wisteria can be used to create inviting outdoor living spaces.

‘By planting wisteria near a seating area or near garden buildings or pergolas to crawl up, homeowners can enjoy its shade, fragrance, and beauty while relaxing or entertaining outdoors.

‘Such well-designed outdoor spaces can increase the usable area of a home and contribute to its overall value.

A NATURAL PRIVACY SCREEN

‘Wisteria can act as a natural privacy screen when grown along fences, walls, or trellises.

‘Its dense foliage and climbing habit can provide a sense of seclusion and add privacy to a home’s outdoor areas.

‘This feature can be especially appealing for potential buyers looking for privacy in their backyard.

MEMORABILITY FACTOR

‘Homes with well-maintained gardens and attractive landscaping tend to have higher market appeal.

‘Wisteria, with its aesthetic charm and association with traditional English gardens, can contribute to the overall appeal of a property.

‘It can make a home more memorable and desirable to potential buyers, potentially leading to a higher sale price or faster sale.’

A naturalist in Tennessee got a bit of a shock when he discovered an enormous snake slithering around the ceiling of his screened porch on Sunday morning.

Jon D. Bumpus, from Nashville, was tending to his Highland cattle when his wife informed him of the unwelcome guest.

“When my wife told me there was a snake on the porch, I did not expect an over-4-foot rat snake dangling right outside the door,” Bumpus told Newsweek . “We’ve been seeing a lot of baby rat snakes around our little ranch lately, and I’m pretty sure we just met their mother.”

Bumpus shared footage of the encounter to his Instagram page , @jonbdalvy, in collaboration with the outdoor media outlet, Outsider. In the video, which has been viewed over 13,000 times, the snake can be seen slithering in and out of the rafters of Bumpus’ screened porch while his concerned cats watch on in horror.

“The cats are not a fan and have just now started to trust the world again after 48 hours of ‘no thank you’,” Bumpus said.

After watching the snake for several minutes, Bumpus—a naturalist and lead writer for Outsider—let her know it was time to leave. “I gave her a firm squeeze of the tail to let her know this is not a place she can be,” he said. “Hopefully she listens.”

According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, gray rat snakes are one of the most abundant snake species in the state. They can be found in a variety of habitats, including woodlands, field edges and around farms and suburban areas.

” Rat snakes are very common in the the rural areas around Nashville, TN where we live,” Bumpus said. “They’re great pest control and eat a lot of mice and rats, hence the name.”

Rat snakes tend to grow to between 3 to 6 feet long, with a variable gray-black speckled pattern on their scales. “I initially thought she was only 4 feet, but after pulling her out of the porch ceiling, she was at least 5-feet-long, which is as big as rat snakes get in Tennessee,” Bumpus said.

The species is non-venomous and instead kill their prey by constriction. “They’re not dangerous to humans or our large dogs, but cats are natural prey for larger rat snakes ,” Bumpus said. “Cats know this instinctively (which is why the boys currently refuse to come back out on the porch. I don’t blame them.)”

According to Bumpus, if you see a rat snake “somewhere you don’t want it,” the best way to remove them is through hazing: “Use a stick or other long object to swat them away.”

However, if you have small animals or poultry, you may want to call in a professional to have it removed right away.

You can read Bumpus’s full account here .

WITH the sun finally shining, chances are you’ll be spending more time in your garden.

But if your garden fence is looking a little worse for wear following a rainy and windy winter, then no fear…because one savvy shopper has the perfect solution.

The homeowner, who is known only as @the_gillbert_home on social media, has revealed how she gave her dull fence a total glow up using a bargain buy from The Range .

In a clip which was re-shared by The Range’s social media page , she shows what her plain black fence looks like before the transformation, and then reveals what it looks like after.

To add some style to her outdoor haven, she simply attaches the store’s ready to hang £24.99 ‘indoor/outdoor leaf metal wall screen’ across the length of her fence.

Its stunning leaf design brings a natural effect into the outdoor space whilst giving it a contemporary, industrial kick, thanks to the iron material.

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Hau Giang’s location gives it unique advantages in terms of connections, transport, and logistics

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Transport joined efforts with Hau Giang People’s Committee and Can Tho city to convene the groundbreaking ceremony of the Can Tho-Hau Giang road component project, part of an initiative to build the North-South Expressway network’s eastern portion, with total length approximating 37km.

Meanwhile, the An Giang-Can Tho-Soc Trang expressway is slated to kick-off construction in June, and investment in the Ha Tien-Rach Gia-Bac Lieu expressway will follow suit.

Once those key motorways are open to traffic, Hau Giang will be the convergent point between the highways, acting as the gateway to other localities in the region.

In light of Hau Giang’s development direction this decade, the province is working on the planning scheme of eight industrial parks (IPs) and 15 clusters spanning 2,800 hectares in total, alongside the development of several urban centres.

Hau Giang’s development planning aims to boost development leveraging key strategies on spaces, economic development, and management, with industrial development to become the driving force for the economy.

Chau Thanh district will become the centre for industrial and urban development in the medium and long-term. Development will leverage two major roads: Can Tho-Ca Mau expressway connecting to Ho Chi Minh City, and the Chau Doc-Can Tho-Soc Trang road linking to localities south of the Hau River.

Towards 2025, Hau Giang will dedicate targeted capital sources additionally allocated to the province by the central government to executive new projects in transport structure, IPs, and agriculture infrastructure development.

The province will focus on reviewing and expediting several key transport infrastructure projects with high spillover effects on the provincial development, in which priority will be given to the motorways and highways promoting connection between areas in the province.

Investment will also be poured into upgrading essential waterway routes such as Lai Hieu, Nang Mau, Cai Con, Xa No, and Quan Lo-Phung Hiep channels to promote goods flow transport inside and outside the province.

Ecosystem development

Industry is set to play a key role in driving Hau Giang’s economic growth, gearing towards modernisation, creating jobs, replenishing local budget, and complementing development resources in other sectors.

The province prioritises investment attraction into businesses and projects with a big contribution to the local budget and recruiting local workers.

Priority sectors are agricultural processing such as vegetables, fruit, seafood, and rice, attached to local material areas and buoyed by cutting-edge technology to create quality items gearing for export; as well as manufacturing, supporting industries, and renewable energy.

In light of the general planning, Hau Giang will focus on the development of three industrial ecosystem areas.

The first will be located in Chau Thanh and Chau Thanh A districts with an emphasis placed on developing high-tech industries, supporting industries, pharmaceutical and cosmetics, logistics complexes, and agricultural processing and sourcing inputs.

The second is the space between Chau Doc-Can Tho-Soc Trang and Can Tho-Ca Mau expressways, belonging to Phung Hiep district. The focus will be on the development of high-tech industries, processing and supporting industries, digital technology, environmental technology, and manufacturing.

The third is the space between Ha Tien-Rach Gia-Bac Lieu and Can Tho-Ca Mau expressway in Long My district.

These three areas aim to grow into major industrial development locations in which the land will be complemented by urban development and landscape factors.

To turn the plan into a reality, Hau Giang will come up with a comprehensive suite of measures, such as turning land for agricultural production into industrial land, giving priority to site clearance to create cleared land, completing investment in IP and cluster infrastructure, and issuing specific mechanisms for investment attraction.

Regional logistics hub

Located south of the Hau River and contiguous to Can Tho city, Hau Giang has distinct advantages acting as a centre for transshipment, transport connection, road and waterway transport, trade and services, and logistics of the south Hau River area with the rest of the Mekong Delta and other regions in the country.

This can be realised leveraging different road and waterway routes such as Song Hau; national highways 1, 61, 61B, and 61C; the South Song Hau highway, and many others.

The province offers a favourable position for businesses to place food and agricultural product processing plants and logistics centres sourcing abundant materials in the region. The province also provides an attractive position for businesses to place beverage and consumer goods production factories or general depots for the region’s 18-million population.

In addition, with its central role for waterway connections, Hau Giang can serve as a distribution depot for bulk cargo of building materials and fuel. The province’s distinct location provides a worthy opportunity for logistics investment and development in the delta region.

The province is home to three completed logistics centres: Mekong Logistics, Logistics Hau Giang, and Hau Giang Export Agricultural Logistics Centre. Meanwhile, Mekong Depot and Cold Store Logistics Hau Giang are under construction.

In parallel to building and putting into operation logistics centres, the province continues to call for investment into other logistics services centres, striving to form a seamless system that connects to other localities nationwide.

Priority will be given to enticing investment in modern and large-scale logistics development projects with a high impact on other fields and sectors, particularly cold storage, distribution systems, and seaport projects helping to resolve bottlenecks in Hau Giang and the wider delta region.

To further draw investors to the province as well as into industrial and logistics services, Hau Giang continues to accelerate administrative procedure reform and increase dialogue with investors to quickly settle any outstanding issues. All efforts are being made to provide businesses and individuals the best experience when residing and doing business in the province.

By Truc Giang