Earl Sommerville's Hybrids and Cultivars - Mountain Mist Nursery
EarlSommerville has one of the largest collections of Native Azalea selections and cultivars in the Country. Most are Fall to early Spring is the best time to plant deciduous azaleas, as long as the ground is not frozen.
Besides the unusual and strikingly colorful hybrids, Earl's garden is also home to pure species, such as this R. serrulatum, the Hammocksweet azalea. (Image by Earl Sommerville.) This R. canescens ball-truss form is a natural hybrid from Earl's collection. He selects for the unusual flower formation. (Image by Earl Sommerville.)
JARS v60n2 - Deciduous Azaleas: A Collection Started 45 Years …
Photo by Earl Sommerville. 'Sommerville's Pink'* is a Rhododendron flammeum collected in the mid-'80s in Spalding County Georgia near Griffin. The bloom is a very rich pink on a plant that is a mid-season bloomer. The plant is 12 ft. high x 8 ft. wide in 15 years.
Earl Sommerville joined the ARS in the mid-60s, the ASA in the mid-70s, and again in the late 80s. He has been collecting native azaleas throughout Georgia since the early 60s. Through the years he has made a few crosses working with native azaleas. In the past two months he has registered 25 native azaleas plants with Jay Murray
Earl A. Sommerville. — Marietta, Georgia. (This article is an adaptation of a similar article by Sommerville that was published in the Journal American Rhododendron Society. Used by permission, Ed.] Over the past 30 years, I have sought to develop a reliable process for propa-gating native azaleas.
Earl's Gold Deciduous Azalea - Almost Eden
Earl's Gold Deciduous Azalea, an Earl Sommerville hybrid, develops into an upright to rounded, medium to large deciduous shrub well suited to bright woodland settings but will also thrive in full sun under good conditions.
Verdie Sommerville Azalea (Rhododendron) - 3 Gallon Pot
An extremely rare and hard to find selection from collector and breeder Earl Sommerville, the 'Verdie Sommerville' Azalea is an eye-catcher with her abundant clusters of multicolor flowers. In spring, deep red buds open to flowers in shades of yellow, red, orange and peach with the upper petal in golden-yellow.
JARS v55n1 - Nearly Perfect: Earl Sommerville's Native Azalea Garden
The first thing you notice about Earl Sommerville's garden is the color - the camellias in February, the azaleas and rhododendrons from March through July. Then you notice the vigor of the plants, the spotless leaves, the turgid new growth, the …
JARS v52n3 - Propagating Native Azaleas - Virginia Tech …
Propagating Native Azaleas Earl A. Sommerville Marietta, Georgia. Over the past 30 years, I have sought to develop a reliable process for propagating native azaleas. For the first 20 of those years, my efforts were met with little or no success.
Legacy of Earl Sommerville's wild azalea hybrids live on at …
Mar 22, 2024 · Native azalea enthusiast Earl Sommerville searched for and collected these plants through most of his long life. He was known for his garden near Little Kennesaw Mountain where he grew...