GRAPE HYACINTH:

Grape hyacinth gets its name from the shape of its flower, and perhaps its mild, sweet scent. Its cone-shape resembles a miniature bunch of grapes perched upside down on its slender green stem. Sometimes called muscari, it is available in greenish white but is most often seen in a pretty purplish blue. This springtime bulb flower can be expensive, so it it best used as an accent or massed in small bunches.

Blue as a sparkling sapphire, a bouquet of grape hyacinths is like holding piece of spring day sky. With colors so intense they announce themselves from a distance, these puffy clusters exude a luxuriance matched only by their intoxicating scent.
The buds, ranging from cobalt to pale baby blue and clustered in bunches like grapes(and thus the name), offer an extraordinary sweep of possibilities that allow them to combine easily with flowers of similar hue or in striking contrast.

Consider the basic elements of this composition. Note that this bouquet is really a bundle of several smaller clusters of three, four and five blossoms of various flowers. In short, a bouquet of mini-bouquet!
Note, too, that the contrasts here don’t end with color. It’s also about mixing flowers of different textures and sizes, where countless tiny petals act as a foil to the larger blooms.
Of course, as you mix, proceed with a touch of restraint. Going too far-garnishing with small dots of white baby’s breath, for instance-would have transformed this charming confection into a busy mess.

For all the power of its azure blue, however, the subtle side of grape hyacinth’s colorful luster comes to the fore when used to punctuate bouquet of fiercely purple pansies. Pansies, often mistakenly considered too fragile to withstand the rigors of a long day of wedding festivities, hold up exceedingly well in a bouquet. Just as you can make a statement by employing common materials in newfound ways, go beyond the rigid confines of how you normally think of flowers. In cases like this, expect gloriously uplifting results.

Grape hyacinths also promise a final plus: With these in hand, the bride always carries the requisite”something blue”