Wow thanks everyone for the warm welcome. Tom (TVEGuy3) the leaves will turn pale and crunchy sometimes but I water every 3 days here, I keep totally crunchy leaves pulled off and keep mulching as needed. I watch for the start of re-bloomers (it hasn't happened yet) but I am told it can in special years, and in the fall I do a major clean up.. .in January I feed them. I started with 5 cultivar 7 years ago when we moved from Washington back to Arizona. I have added 70 cultivar in the last 3 years. I am working in the garden today to get ready to mulch again, this happens several times a year because my ground is just awful and it seems to digest the compost quickly. I buy tried and true iris that are supposed to do well in the heat...The only new ones are the Iris recommended for our heat. Another iris I love in the heat is Sundown Saber.
