Silver lacing vines are easily - growing vines that can thrive in location from full sun to shade , as long as the soil is kept moist and provides the vine with enough food . The vine are incredibly fast growers , which climb vigorously , grow more than 20 foot during each growing season and cover a lot of priming coat quickly . Because of the vigorous growth , silver lacing vines require steady pruning to keep them in check .
Step 1
caravan vines into a desired build during the first few years of growth . After a vine has been continuously cut back into a specific growth pattern , the vine will start to arise into that rule .
Step 2
Cut off any suckers that you do not want to get . Suckers will spring up from the base of the industrial plant and generally maturate vertically . Trim the suckers all the way of life back to the radical .
Step 3
dispatch any dead or diseased limb from the vine . Limbs should also be removed if they are tangled around each other , if they are rubbing against each other or if they have visible damages , such as cuts or gashes .
Step 4
Prune all limbs back to the level-headed wood . Dead or diseased limbs will look dark and unhealthy and the healthy wood will have some seeable green .
Step 5
Thin the ivy by remove some of the senior , more mature limb . Up to one - third of the limb can be removed without any harm to the vine .
Step 6
Do light source pruning any time after the vine flowers . Dead limbs and mug can be withdraw and limbs can be cut back if they get too long .
Step 7
Cut the entire vine back to the ground to create new , vigorous increment in the upcoming time of year . This major pruning should be done in later winter or early spring during the vine ’s abeyant time of year .
Start Silver Lace Vine From Cuttings
Snip off a 6- to 8 - inch healthy stem that has unexampled emergence . Simply pinch or cut them off . Fill a works pot with a mellow tone , all - purpose and well - draining potting medium . Set the pot in a tray of water so the urine seep up the culture medium to moisten it . Make a yap for the cutting off with a pen or pencil and plant it 1 1/2 inches inscrutable . Do not tie or secure the plastic cup of tea . Tug on the cutting off in seven to 10 days , then every week thereafter . When you feel it fend , your eloquent vase vine has formed root . However , to help your vine acclimate to the outdoors , set it outside for three or four hours the first day .
