Ames 3020 was obtained as a seed lot from the Beijing Botanical Garden, China. All plants offered were propagated by cuttings from the most vigorous plant growing in the field at the Plant Introduction Station. Probable hardiness USDA Zone 4. Mongolian Gold Clematis. This species is reported by Rehder to be an upright shrub to 5 feet.
Branches are a golden-brown, arching, and somewhat exfoliating.
Bright green leaves are narrowly oblong to lanceolate, 0.75 to 2 inches long and incisely dentate. Flowers are a light, bright yellow 0.75 to 1.75 inches wide. Ames 25282 was donated by Todd Morrissey of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum as a mixed population of cutting-propagated plants. Probable hardiness USDA Zone 4. This is a semi-evergreen upright shrub with spreading, arching branches native from northern Burma to southern Tibet.