CULT: TB: No Lush Fall Growth??

Hi,
I am a newbie and just read yesterday on the internet some iris gardening 
instructions that suggested you should wish to avoid "lush growth" on your new 
plantings/transplants in the fall season. 

I planted transplants earlier than I should have, due to circumstances beyond 
my control, and I have large, very healthy looking leaves that have popped up 
and small leaves have emerged all over the rhizomes. I had just assumed that 
this was a good sign that the plants were healthy, the soil was fine, and the 
roots were getting well established. Was I wrong? Is this foliage going to zap 
all of the energy out of the plants for the spring? Should I cut it down now?

I should say that new rhizomes which I ordered have healthy looking growth 
(little increases) at their bases but nothing like the transplants. It's the 
transplants that have "gone wild."

Any answers most appreciated as always--

Mike in Myrtle Beach, SC

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