Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow . The Goddess of Greek myths, Iris, was represented by the rainbow which makes her name perfect for iris flowers which comes in a myriad of colors. Across the world there are almost three hundred iris species; in North America we have twenty eight native irises. Many of them occur naturally or will happily grow here in South Carolina. The US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has a great fact sheet –Our Native