Growing wines/jungle lianes/grass effect in Blender with particles (VIDEO,PHOTO)

Hi. I was testing Blender particles and after tweaking with settings i achieved such effect.

video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjRZjoDlk6s&index=11&list=PLe_wFkEBp2brYQSZhqqMz6Wo6sO3_UL1a


Another test with longer particles


By the way, how to give to the hair image texture, for example this one that my ground has? I was trying but didnt find the option.