There's always next year ,Tom ! And if there ISN'T a next year, it won't really matter !! DC was the one that had the "strange rot" problem this year.....and ,so far at least, seems to be the only one that was affected ! It has always been somewhat of a 'hard luck' iris here in my garden, anyway, and when you compare those 'iffy' growers to those that are 'rampant" growers (like Flower Shower, or Show me yellow), well, there IS no comparison !...........Arlyn