Some iris simply don't grow well in certain regions. However, many times, stuff like this is just random bad luck. I bought Jordan's Joy from Schreiner's a few years ago. It looked great in the fall, but in the spring it looked much like your picture. If I had realized what was happening sooner it might have been saved, but I didn't. I replaced it with a new rhizome of Jordan's Joy the following summer and it's grown like a weed ever since with no problems what so ever. Just one of those things
Don't know about the other two, but Kitty Kay has a bit of a reputation for being particular about its growing conditions.