Poly, if you are using the term bad foliage to indicate a plant where the bloom opens down in the foliage then you will have to wait for the maiden bloom, and perhaps the second season bloom, to realize that this is a trait of this particular plant. All of the other irises I have seen have similar foliage and I would not be able to assess a bad foliage plant until after it bloomed. One thing I do not like about an iris is when it outgrows its class. I have an SDB that will sometimes put up a leaf that is 20 inches tall. That is very irritating to me and looks tacky in an otherwise uniform bed. Perhaps it is just a trait in my garden or perhaps the hybridizer thought the bloom made it worthy of registering. Others may have grown an iris with bad foliage but for me all my seedlings look like a normal iris. I will not be able to tell if they are misbehaving until they bloom..... and I cant wait. LOL
