4/17/09 - Driving home and Hamilton Gardens, Hiawassee, GA
The Hamilton Rhododendron Gardens, situated in the north Georgia Mountain town of Hiawassee, was established in 1982 when Fred Hamilton, a plant breeder and former Sears, Roebuck and Company executive. Hamilton is known for developing the domestic yellow azalea, named Hazel after his wife. Today the garden contains more than 3,000 hybrid rhododendrons, one of the largest such collections in Georgia. It is laid out on a hillside sloping to Lake Chatuge, with walking paths along the lake shore. Bloom time is from early April to late May.
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Flowering tree at Hamilton Garden in Hiawassee, GA
Lake Chatuge from the Hamilton Gardens, Hiawasee, GA
Mike at Hamilton Garden in Hiawassee, GA
Susan and Rhododendrons at Hamilton Garden in Hiawassee, GA
Hamilton Garden in Hiawassee, GA
Rhododendron at Hamilton Garden in Hiawassee, GA
Rhododendron at Hamilton Garden in Hiawassee, GA