The dead stalks from previous growing seasons are brown.

Ahead, he could see the dead stalks of cattail and yellow marsh grass.

Summer plantings had long since faded around my house, and I could not bear to see their dead stalks in pots.

I cut out the dead stalks in spring when the young leaves started to grow.

He walked until dark, then made himself a scratchy nest in the dead stalks and went to sleep.

Even the dead stalks are capable of transmitting oxygen to the rooting zone.

The ugly dead stalks can be cut down them, too.

For me, there is nothing uglier than dead stalks popping up through the snow on a bright sunny winter day.

The dead stalks in the tubs made her cringe.

The wind whispered through the dead stalks of last year's grasses, and the stars were bright and cold.