Silver Lace Vine has sensational fragrance from the vine’s small and lacy flower

Silver Lace Vine is a twining plant that has the ability to adapt and tolerate dry and seaside soil. It is known also by its moniker “mile by minute” because it proliferates quickly.

During its first season, it can reach its full growth to a height of 20 feet. On its second season, its growth peak is at 30 feet.

Beginning late summer to fall, sensational fragrance from the vine’s small and lacy flower fills the air. It is also at such season when greenish or pinkish white flowers cover a majority of the vine.

Its heart-shaped leaves, which boast of purple shade when young and bright green when mature, can grow from one to two inches. Unless it is pruned as a ground cover, the vine climbs up by twining its stem around a supporting structure.

Native to China and Tibet, this vine plant is a good choice for covering fences, trellises, arbors, pergolas and walls. It can also be planted to cover rock piles, old tree stumps or to provide soil stabilization for banks.

The vine grows best in well-drained and sandy loams having regular moisture in full or half exposure to sun. With an exception to pruning in spring or when it is overgrowing, the vine, with a scientific name polygonum aubertii, requires little care.

However in winter, it appreciates support from other plants like thick layer of evergreen branches to protect the vine during freezing temperatures. For new growers, it is recommended to plant silver lace vine 5 feet away from plants with weaker root system as the vine can overpower them.

Depending on a purpose, it can be pruned to cover the ground or to trail after a structure. If twining around a structure is the case, it needs twist ties, strips of fabric or nylons to encourage its growth around the structure. As the vine plant grows, the ties need to be loosened, adjusted and eventually removed.

The vine is not choosy of its soil, although it requires a hole that is larger than a root ball. It needs water immediately succeeding its planting on the ground; and subsequently relies on rainfall for its sustenance.

Fertilization is required during its prime growth or as required by its soil conditions. Having more nitrogen on the soil will cause silver lace vine to bloom fewer flowers. Nevertheless, fertilizing it late in season will result to fresh young shoots which will wither in winter.

Pruning is done in spring, to promote new shoots in fall. Propagation is accomplished when rhizomes are scattered on the ground. Also, by using a knife, a similar activity occurs by wounding a section of the stem by 10 inches from the tip of the vine.

Using powdered rooting hormone, the wound of silver lace vine, which is previously dampened, is covered. Prepare the ground hole where the wounded portion of the vine will come in contact.

The hole is then filled with dampened commercial potting soil.Plant the wounded portion of the vine in the hole and cover it with mound of soil. Keep the ground moist and weight it down with a rock.

Silver lace vine should mature after several months, after which, the new sprout should be planted in the following spring by severing it from its parent vine.

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