Hakgala Botanical Garden,Nuwara Eliya,Sri Lanka.

 Picture collection of Hakgala Botanical Garden

These pictures were photographed at Hakgala botanical garden,Sri lanka .
I have been to hakgala few times and was wondered how fantastic it is.If you are a Sri Lankan or visiting Sri lanka you must visit Hakgala botanical garden.This is the second largest botanical garden in Sri Lanka.here are some photos of Hakgala botanical garden.

Location and Climate

Hakgala Botanical Garden is situated on the Nuwara Eliya-Badulla main road, 16 km from Nuwara Eliya. The garden has a cool temperate climate because of altitude is 5,400 feet above the sea level. The mean annual temperature ranges between 16°C to 30°C during course of a year.^[3] From December to February it has a cold climate, while the warm climate persists from April to August.

 

 

Entrance to the garden

You can see rare species like this one

A small flower garden in Hakgala Botanical Garden

An enlarged view of the garden

A giant tree

 

The Rose garden

History

Garden established in 1861 as an experimental cultivation of Cinchona, a commercial crop thriving at the time. Once after the Tea replace the Cinchona, it was turned into an experimental Tea cultivation. In 1884 it transformed to a garden since then many sub tropical and some temperate plants were planted in the gardens.

Visitors

There are over 10,000 species of flora planted here and during the Spring season in Nuwara Eliya thousands of visitors come to see the blooms here. Number of annual visitors is around 500,000.^[3] The garden is famous for number of species of Orchids and Roses are planted there 

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