Celebration of bonsai switches to new site

For its 37th show, the Columbus Bonsai Society is changing venues.

Spartanburg man has longtime love of working with bonsai

Love at first sight is the best way to describe Dan O'Neal's attraction to bonsai trees.

Asheville-area Home & Garden calendar

Send items for the home and garden calendar to Nancy Sluder at Nsluder@Citizen-Times.com two weeks before the event. Or mail to Nancy Sluder, Asheville Citizen-Times, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802.

Garden calendar

Clark County Tsugawa Nursery: Free one- to two-hour seminars and events. No registration required unless noted. 410 E. Scott Ave., Woodland. * 360-225-8750 or http://tsugawanursery.com . n Pruning Japanese Maples: 1 p.m. Aug. 28. Brian Tsugawa will offer tips on how to get the most from Japanese maples. n Dwarf Conifers: 11 a.m. Sept. 4. Colors, shapes and textures of ...

Showy and attractive

SOMETIME ago, I came across some small trees that bore velvety red flowers in the housing enclave where I live. The trees are so striking and beautiful, how I wished I knew their names. They have curvaceous trunks and crooked branches that looked like those of a bonsai tree.