Hey Rita,
I love,love your irises! I have to add all of your irises to my fav lists to get! Hope you don't toss these! I am a newbie here,so I am not as picky about my irises. Lol If you decide to toss them out, send them my way & I'll give them a good home & reimburse your postage! :)
Thx 4 posting your pics. Your garden looks dreamy. Will have to find the daylily forum so I can see your daylilies too!
Kay

I'd toss them. You will have two spots for beauties you see this year!
I have a few irises with substance problems too- Total Recall is not very sturdy, nor is Cajun Rhythm. They have to make up for that by frequency of bloom and beauty, because I water overhead twice a week. I would not keep any irises that turn into wet tissue paper after one rain.
Renee

Dont toss them ladies PLEASE!!!!!!!! give them to someone that will love them for what they are.... PLEASE.

That's why I'm in the Iris Society, Aquawise. They all go to good homes.
Renee

AWESOME!!!!

I never throw mine out either, I give mine away also. But they get tossed out of MY GARDEN if I decide they are unworthy. I am still thinking on these but I am thinking they will be leaving here.

I have finally gotten to the point that I ship out plants that just don't suit me any more. Never thought it would happen. I used to get whatever iris I saw, but I don't care much for the heirlooms any more. There are a couple of heirlooms I still like for unusual colors, but most are leaving my garden. I've also decided an iris can be too vigorous, I am gettin' tired of dividing these older iris that multiply like crazy.
I never thought of myself as a "girly" girl (or in my case, old lady) but I love the ruffles of newer iris. Gonna have the ones I like!

My room is limited and my iris beds are full. I can't see getting rid of anything I like just to get something new but if I don't much care for it I figgure I will replace it. Plenty of stunning iris out there.

I know many people like the (to me) plainer historic iris. That is fine and everyone should have what they like. But I have to agree, they just don't do it for me. I too like big flowers with lots of ruffles.

I have some old Iris and they do get big clumps fast. I am getting them gone from my main Iris Patch as soon as they are done blooming this year. I will give them away to anyone that wants them. No lack of takers.

It's got the fattest falls I have ever seen. But it doesn't do much for me.
Renee

I'm kind of picky about the shape of my iris, and I don't like the shapes of the ones you want to cull. So I agree. Temple looks like a fat lady in tight shorts, and I like big flowers.