Yellow Clematis tangutica, is a versatile perennial vine for a variety of structures. It adds architectural height and structure to small gardens.Can also be planted to sprawl over and through large shrubs.Striking small yellow bell-shaped flowers. Fast growing hardy vine. Blooms July thru October. Pruning type 3.

Vines reach 8 feet long and bloom very abundantly.
 Clematis tangutica, commonly called golden clematis, is a yellow-flowered climbing vine that typically grows to 12-15’ long. It often takes on the form of a sprawling shrub when grown in dry soils in sandy to gravelly areas.
Golden clematis is native to forests, slopes, grassy areas, gravelly expanses, and stream/river banks in central to northwestern China. Slightly downy stems are clad with pinnate to bipinnate medium green leaves. Lanceolate to oblong leaflets (to 2 1/3” long) have acute tips, tiny toothed margins, and cuneate to subcordate bases. Bell-shaped, bright yellow flowers expand as they mature to 3-4” wide. Long June to September bloom. This species is considered to be the best of the yellow-flowering clematises. Flowers give way to fluffy, silvery, highly ornamental seedheads.

Grow in fertile, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Roots should be kept cool, shaded and uniformly moist. Bloom occurs on the current year’s growth. This clematis belongs to Pruning Group 3 which means is should be pruned back hard (to approximately 8-12” from the ground) to strong leaf buds in late winter to early spring. Notwithstanding the general pruning rules for Group 3, C. tangutica plants typically bloom earlier and longer if not cut back so hard. Plants need an adequate supply of nutrients during the growing season to support the rush of growth.