The Iris is the State Flower of Tennessee. The name iris comes from Greek for rainbow, a reference to the many different colors of irises. We have a front bed that is full of many different colors, but purple ones are my favorite. Although it was adopted in 1933, a tidbit of history…”14 years earlier, in a process overseen by a five-member state commission, the state’s school children had chosen the passion flower as the Tennessee state flower. Not surprisingly, the Iris’s new title did not sit well with passion flower enthusiasts. Discontent on both sides of the issue kept the matter in floral limbo for 40 years. It was not until 1973 that the state legislature orchestrated a compromise and named the Iris Tennessee’s state cultivated flower.” #iris #stateflower #knoxvilletn #knoxvillerealtor #susong7