1.   - The thin brown stalks lean with the wind.

2.   After a rain, watch how the slender brown stalk of the ocotillo turns green and sprouts leaves overnight.

3.   In the perennial bed, the brown stalks of asters and crumpled foliage of malva can go.

4.   The towering, golden brown stalks block the leaves, break the wind, and look incredible all winter, especially when there is snow.

5.   Yes, you can cut down any brown stalks and obviously dead material.