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Clematis 'Sensation'

Large satiny flowers, pale grey-blue to mauve. Pale brown anthers. This cultivar is mentioned by Markham (1935), Whitehead (1959) and Riekstina (1990) but now appears to be lost from cultivation, at least in the West - please contact us if you know otherwise.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Flowering period(s): Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Cripps & Son
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	c1867
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	lanuginosa x patens
Further detail:	Flower diameter: to 16cm Tepals: 6 (-7)