1.   The plants withered and died.

2.   None of this changes the fact that in my presence, plants wither and die.

3.   One student spent a day shooting a field of dying squash plants withering in the sun.

4.   This vegetation produced large quantities of seeds that remain on the ground even after the plants have withered away.

5.   Thousands of subsistence farmers who rely on crops of beans and corn watched their plants wither under the relentless tropical sun.

6.   When other plants are withering under the sun, the Mexican bird of paradise shines its brightest.

7.   Rice seedling plots have been drying up and plants have withered and died.