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BEACH HOUSE

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A…

SUBTROPICAL GARDEN

ACCORDING TO RAYMOND JUNGLES

Miami, Florida

dry season, as long as six months, and then we get precipitation when there’s a clash of systems. It can be as much as 60 inches per year—a lot of it from hurricanes and tropical storms. Plants have to be able

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