Cs2LiYCl6∶Ce (CLYC∶Ce) is a new type of scintillation crystal with good energy resolution, high light output and excellent neutron/gamma discrimination ability. However, its complex composition results in many difficulties for crystal growth. In this paper, five different CLYC crystals with different composition ratios of LiCl accounted for 57%, 60% and 63% (mole fraction) and CsCl to YCl3 ratios of 1.9∶1 and 2.1∶1 were grown using the vertical Bridgman method. It is found that optimal proportion for high quality CLYC is 60% LiCl, where the volume ratio of transparent CLYC phase to the total ingot is the largest. Changing the ratio of CsCl to YCl3 has no obvious positive effect on crystal growth. The energy resolution of 5 mm×5 mm×5 mm and 25 mm×10 mm samples excited by 137Cs is 4.8% and 5.6%, respectively. The scintillation decay time of CLYC crystal under 662 keV gamma-ray excitation is 17 ns, 436 ns and 3 603 ns.