Book  (1999)  Page(s) 131.  
 
Clematis 'Sensation', cv., 1972

Website/Catalog  (1912)  Page(s) 78.  
 
Summer and Autumn Clematis.
In bloom from July to October.
These flower upon the wood of the current year's growth, and should therefore be pruned to five or six eyes.  
Sensation, rich satiny mauve...  1s. 6d.

Website/Catalog  (1907)  Page(s) 66.  
 
Clematis in pots to plant out in spring and summer.
General Collection.
87 Sensation (lanuginosa), satin mauve.

Magazine  (1877)  Page(s) 271.  
 
Clematis Sensation (Cripps), 1873, s. des lanuginosa; bleu pâle.

Book  (1872)  Page(s) 140.  
 
C. SENSATION (Cripps) .-One of the fine Tunbridge Wells varieties belonging to the lanuginosa group . The leaves are simple or ternate, with cordate leaflets. The flowers are very large and showy, measuring six inches across, composed of six or seven sepals, of a pale grayish blue, resembling those of C. regina, but somewhat lighter and with a tint of mauve ; the anthers are of a light-brown colour. It gained a First-class Certificate at South Kensington, in October, 1867