11.   The outermost limits came first -- the sky, with a pale shine of overcast through the bare branches of the trees.

12.   Because crabs leaf out before flowering, they are not as effective as dogwood or cherry, which flower on bare branches.

13.   Bare branches were etched against the sky.

14.   After all, why give thanks in the autumn after school had begun and bare branches reached toward gray skies?

15.   All are deciduous and bloom on bare branches.

16.   H. mollis Pallida is a hybrid with larger, more fragrant yellow flowers that dangle from the bare branches.

17.   However, if you trim the tree so deeply that bare branches show, the plant will take a lot of time to green up again.

18.   In the spring, a little blue sea of Siberian squill blooms beneath the bare branches, before the pale green leaves appear.

19.   Its camellialike white flowers bloom in July and August, and in winter, the split seedpods dangle from bare branches.

20.   Kousa dogwoods also bloom after the branches leaf out, while the native dogwood opens its bracts on bare branches, making quite a display.