diff --git a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPVine.java b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPVine.java
index 715c1d689..fd1779047 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPVine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPVine.java
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import biomesoplenty.common.item.ItemBOPBlock;
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockVine;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemBlock;
+import net.minecraft.util.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.Side;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;
 
 public class BlockBOPVine extends BlockVine implements IBOPBlock
 {  
@@ -24,12 +28,44 @@ public class BlockBOPVine extends BlockVine implements IBOPBlock
     public Map<String, IBlockState> getNamedStates() {return this.namedStates;}
     public IBlockState getNamedState(String name) {return this.namedStates.get(name);}
     public Class<? extends ItemBlock> getItemClass() {return ItemBOPBlock.class;}
-    
-    public BlockBOPVine()
+
+    // if set to true, (the default), use BlockVine getBlockColor(), getRenderColor() and colorMultiplier() functions to color the texture based on biome
+    // if set to false, use 0xFFFFFF for all the color functions so that the texture is used as it is
+    protected boolean useGreyScaleTextures;
+
+    public BlockBOPVine(boolean useGreyScaleTextures)
     {
         super();
         this.setHardness(0.2F);
+        this.useGreyScaleTextures = useGreyScaleTextures;
     }
     
+    public BlockBOPVine()
+    {
+        this(true);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
+    public int getBlockColor()
+    {
+        return (this.useGreyScaleTextures ? super.getBlockColor() : 0xFFFFFF);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
+    public int getRenderColor(IBlockState state)
+    {
+        return (this.useGreyScaleTextures ? super.getRenderColor(state) : 0xFFFFFF);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
+    public int colorMultiplier(IBlockAccess worldIn, BlockPos pos, int renderPass)
+    {
+        return (this.useGreyScaleTextures ? super.colorMultiplier(worldIn, pos, renderPass) : 0xFFFFFF);
+    }
+    
+    
 }
     
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diff --git a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBlocks.java b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBlocks.java
index 2ff49daf8..ab778a7cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBlocks.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBlocks.java
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ public class ModBlocks
         dead_log =          registerBlock( new BlockBOPLog(), "dead_log" ); // no planks, stairs, etc
         
         //vines
-        // TODO: colors? rendering modes? special placement rules?
-        flower_vine =       registerBlock( new BlockBOPVine(), "flower_vine" );
-        ivy =               registerBlock( new BlockBOPVine(), "ivy" );
-        moss =              registerBlock( new BlockBOPVine(), "moss" );
-        tree_moss =         registerBlock( new BlockBOPVine(), "tree_moss" );
-        wisteria =          registerBlock( new BlockBOPVine(), "wisteria" );        
+        // TODO: special placement rules?
+        flower_vine =       registerBlock( new BlockBOPVine(false), "flower_vine" );
+        ivy =               registerBlock( new BlockBOPVine(true), "ivy" );
+        moss =              registerBlock( new BlockBOPVine(true), "moss" );
+        tree_moss =         registerBlock( new BlockBOPVine(false), "tree_moss" );
+        wisteria =          registerBlock( new BlockBOPVine(false), "wisteria" );        
         
     }