How to Grow Wild Vines

Contact your local county extension office or department of wildlife to determine if the wild vines you intend to collect are protected or endangered. Ask which wild vines are classified as a noxious weed. Some plants growing in the wild were introduced through bird droppings containing seeds or from novice gardeners bringing in plants from another environment.

Check the moisture in the soil for several weeks to determine how much water the wild vine needs for survival. Along with the soil moisture levels, watch how much sun or shade the plant actually gets during the day. You must replicate the growing environment for the wild vines to survive in your home garden.

Decide if the wild vines are perennials or biennials. Depending upon the variety of the plant, the seeds dropped in the fall are used to generate the new plants in the spring, or as the plant dies off, the energy transfers to the roots.

Watch where the plant emerges in the spring. Shoots stemming from a solitary position generally means they are produced by a single root ball. Scattered growth generally means plants generated by seeds.

Propagate perennial wild vines through stem and root cuttings. Use a rooting hormone if cuttings do not root voluntarily in water or a sterilized soil. For biennial wild vines, propagate through seeds gathered in the fall and stored in a cool place, such as a refrigerator drawer, until spring.