1.   The red stems of this bush provide a contrast to the drab brown of the winter garden.

2.   Guido rolled the red geranium stem between his fingers.

3.   Even the long-overlooked flowers are being spruced up and selected for fragrance or red stems or double petals.

4.   Even without flowers, its red stems and glossy cut-leaf foliage are handsome.

5.   For as long as anyone can remember, chard, often called Swiss chard, had red stems or white stems.

6.   In the spring, so are their flowers and the whirlybird seed pods that hang from drooping red stems.

7.   Ruby chard, has green leaves, but red stems and ribs.

8.   The species perennial has red tinged stems and shiny green leaves.

9.   Those long red stems pack more acid than a handful of sourballs.