Things that go bump in the garden

By C.L. Fornari

Published October 31, 2026 at 4:31 PM EDT

This Halloween episode of The Garden Lady starts off with a postcard from things that are spooky in the garden. C.L. talks about ghost pipe plants, stinkhorn fungi, and other creepy things that appear in our yards and gardens. Listeners call in with assorted questions about topics including transplanting hydrangeas, "lasagne bulb pots," African violet renewal, and watering spring blooming shrubs this fall.

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C.L. Fornari

C.L. Fornari is host of The Garden Lady on CAI. She is the author of eight books, including Coffee for Roses and The Cocktail Hour Garden. She’s a professional speaker, the former host of GardenLine on WXTK, and co-host of the Plantrama podcast. She is a frequent speaker to groups nationwide, and has worked for a family-owned independent garden center for 25 years. C.L. grows vegetables, flowers, shrubs, trees and numerous other plants at Poison Ivy Acres on Cape Cod. In 2015 C.L. launched the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, a ten-day regional celebration of gardens that typically raises over $50,000.00 for local non-profits every year and draws public attention to Hydrangeas and gardening.

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