The silver lace vine is a tight - growing , deciduous vine that rise approximately 10 feet in length in one season . The industrial plant is aboriginal to China and is hardy in USDA growing zones 4 through 8 . Silver lace vine produce bright green foliage with little , fragrant peak that range in color from light greenness to whiten with a pink speck . The vine can become invading when not pruned on a yearly ground to control increase .

Planting Location

choose a planting location for the eloquent lace vine that provide a lower limit of six hours full sunlight and a nutrient - rich and well - drain land . engraft the vine in a partly shaded location in clime with temperature that turn over over 90 degrees F during the grow season . Test the planting soil as the vine prefers an acidic growing surround with a pH of 5 to 8 . Work basis rock sulfur into the soil to lower the pH number two weeks prior to establish .

How to Plant

Dig a hole that is somewhat thick and double as all-embracing as the facile lace vine root ball . Mix adequate portions of organic compost or peat moss with the remote soil if it is high-pitched in clay or sand content . Add several inches of constitutive compost or peat moss to the bottom of the hole and point the vine on top . softly loosen large roots that are tangled around the root ball mass . piss the hollow and reserve it to ingest into the root ball and surrounding soil . Fill the hole with removed soil and gently pack it in station to eliminate melodic line pockets . Prune the plant back by 1/3 the size to advance new development .

Care and Maintenance

irrigate the silver lace vine to keep the soil moist during the growing season . Monitor the soil moisture during the hot summertime month as extra diligence may be required to keep the land moist . The vine is fast growing and has a large water requirement . Fertilize the plant with a balanced fertiliser once the vine reaches 1 foot in height and again as it begins to bud . Apply a 1- to 2 - inch layer of organic compost mulch around the plant to ply nutrients and slim green goddess increment . lop the vine to remove stagnant or damage stems . edit back the vine 1/3 to 1/2 the size before the buds come along each spring to forestall giantism and mould the plant life .

Winter Protection

Protect the silver lacing vine in areas where the wintertime are freeze by covering the base of the plant with several inches of mulch . Wrap the top of the vine with burlap if additional protection is required . vine that are damaged from rough wintertime conditions can be trim back to several inches above the ground to stimulate novel plant life growth .

Problems

Monitor the silver lacing vine for an infestation of Nipponese beetles or aphid . Remove the insects by handpicking them off the vine or spray with a abrupt stream of water to knock them off . Spray the tree with a dormant crude oil to prevent the insects from returning . A healthy silver lacing vine has few problem with disease as long as it is adequately care for .

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