Iris vigor, disease resistance etc.

Good morning iris friends - I have long pondered the problem of iris dying 
and getting leaf spot and God knows what else.  I have tried many, many methods 
and still have a higher mortality rate than I would like.  Then I look at 
irises like Wm. Setchel, Indian Chief, Trudy, Victoria Falls and see them growing 
and blooming their heads off on top of the ground, buried in pine straw, under 
trees, in full sun, in heavy clay, splashed upon and not splashed upon, year 
after year after year, which leads me to believe that there is more going on 
here than culture and method.  For this reason, I have been attempting for the 
past 8-10 years to hybridize hardy iris for my area plus becoming more 
ruthless about pulling up iris that bloom sporadically or whose bloom is not entirely 
pleasing to me.  I am getting too old and have too little space to let the 
slackards continue in my garden.  
Barbara Null
Tyler, TX

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