INLA NEWSLETTER

November 2025

IN THIS ISSUE: 

• INLA Trade Show Registration
• 2025 Maintenance Rodeo
• Award Nominations

INLA members who would like to exhibit at the 2026 INLA Trade Show - Registration Opens Nov. 11 at 10:00 a.m.

View details about exhibiting at the trade show:

2026 INLA Trade Show

Exhibitors will pick their booth at the time of registration - First come, first served. Staff will not be assigning booths.

There are a limited number of booths available - Once the booths are sold out, it will not be possible to accommodate additional booth spaces.

Sponsors - Last year's sponsors have already received information about claiming their booths and sponsorships this year. Any remaining sponsor booths will be available when registration opens.

NEW SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Sponsorships are available for the Reception and Business Meeting. This sponsorship provides:

• Sponsorship - $2500 | Limit of two (2) sponsors
• Table tent at reception and lunch.
• Signage at reception and meeting (your provided pop up or banner)
• Website thank you with logo
• Logo on the print out at business meeting lunch
• Announcement in the opening remarks

If you would like to claim this sponsorship option, contact Heath DeYoung at hdeyoung@agribiz.org.

View additional information on the INLA Trade Show registration site:

2026 INLA Trade Show

It’s time to celebrate the best in our industry! Each year, the INLA shines a spotlight on exceptional leaders with three top honors: the Nurserymen’s Hall of Fame, the INLA Merit Award, and the ICNP of the Year. Who do you think deserves the recognition?

Nominate them online today! CLICK HERE

Eryngium yuccifolium

COMMON NAME: Rattlesnake Master

BOTANICAL NAME: Eryngium yuccifolium

USDA ZONE: 3-8

SUNLIGHT: Full sun

SOIL CONDITIONS: Dry to medium, well drained soils. Self-seeding, and it will move to optimal conditions in the garden as it becomes established.

HABIT: 5x3’

FEATURES: Rattlesnake master is a unique perennial native to prairies. The unique greenish-white blooms appear from June-September with seed heads persisting well into winter. The plant has basal rosettes with bristle edged sword-shaped leaves. The umbel form flowers/seed heads are held high above the basal rosettes and are the main ornamental feature.

WHY WE LOVE IT: Rattlesnake master catches the eye because it is unique. The blooms are attractive and have a whimsical charm and are packed with pollinators during peak bloom during the summer months. Rattlesnake master tends to move around the garden to its preferred cultural location and provides nice vertical accents scattered throughout a planting. While it tends to migrate, rattlesnake master is not aggressive and fits well into surrounding plant communities.

Eryngium yuccifolium

COMMON NAME: Sparkler White Cleome

BOTANICAL NAME: Cleome hassleriana ‘Sparkler White’

SUNLIGHT: Sun

HEIGHT: 24-36”

SPREAD: 36-44”

SOIL CONDITIONS: Average Soil

FEATURES: Heat and sun tolerant plants in a shorter and more controlled growth habit than traditional cleome

WHY WE LOVE IT: Fiesta Sparkler white cleome is one of several colors in the ‘sparkler’ series of cleome. The same free flowing upright annual as other varieties but this one stays at a more manageable height. A great backdrop for annual displays when used as a hedge but can also be the centerpiece statement plant of your best in ground and planter annual displays. 

Cleome ‘Sparkler White’

If you’re looking to get ICNP certification, please contact Bob Smith at Kirkwood Community College, and we will try to organize a time to sign your business or individuals up to test and become an Iowa Certified Nursery Professional.

Contact Bob at 319.398.5899 x5127 or Bob.Smith@kirkwood.edu

If you haven’t returned your 2025-26 Membership Enrollment, please follow the link below and take a moment to register online!

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