Crop Failure - Dutch Iris

My dutch iris aren't looking so good.  They actually look like they are dying.  Not sure what is going on.  I possibly didn't plant them early enough and they didn't get time to sit in the soil this fall before it got warm.  We start seeing warmer weather here in February.   The grow very well in the flower beds at my house, but they aren't raised.  Maybe raised beds cause the soil to be too warm.   I will keep them - but plant German bearded irises in the bed around them.