Iris – If you dream about an iris, this is a dream symbol of hope in the midst of adversity. An iris is a plant whose root bulb stays alive in the ground all winter, even if the entire plant looks completely dead. The next spring, the iris will spring up and bloom again, no matter how dire the situation looked the fall and winter before. In a dream, therefore, the iris is a hopeful message that any negative situation will soon become better, and even that something you had previously given up hope on will come back into your life.