45 Classic Centerpieces From Real Weddings to Inspire Yours (2024)

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Garden Party Florals

Perfect for a garden party-type wedding, this beautiful centerpiece by Nicolette Camille includes garden roses, spray roses, foxgloves, heuchera, and sweet peas.

Nautical White Centerpieces

All-white centerpieces adorned the tables at this nautical-inspired wedding, which featured custom linens like the striped napkins seen here.

Purple Mix

With this couple's purple-and-blue wedding color palette in mind, Festive Couture Floral created centerpieces with a base of creamy white hydrangeas, roses, and chrysanthemums and accented them with soft lavender-hued roses, crocus, and sweet peas.

Variations in White

A classic white centerpiece can easily feel one-note, but this arrangement from Miss Rose by Perrine created interest by mixing a variety of flowers—roses, ranunculus, anemones, clematis, and overflowing sprays—in whites and creams.

Modern Romance

Romantic and airy flower arrangements (by Camellia Floral Design) in blush, cream, lavender, and green lightened up this tablescape's sand-and-gray tones and natural textures at this European-inspired, modern wedding in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Blue Contrast

At a classic blue-and-white wedding in Switzerland, Tabea Maria-Lisa gave white roses, light-blue hydrangeas, and gorgeous greenery a jolt with sapphire-hued berry sprays.

Fresh Fall Palette

Gold and Bloom executed this modern and elegant arrangement of large roses, chrysanthemums, and lisianthus flowers in stone urns with an elevated fall color palette. Instead of tapping into a typical autumn color scheme, the season's warmer tones of pink and gold were the highlight.

Gorgeous Greenery

Eucalyptus and jasmine vine added a fragrant, green backdrop to this white-and-cream centerpiece by Slow Darling. The classic white-and-green floral arrangement balanced nicely with this wedding's sculpture garden setting, full of modern and contemporary art, lush greenery, and mature trees.

Summer Stunner

Stem & Thistle's centerpieces reflected warm and light seasonal colors at this al fresco summer wedding. Metallic compotes held bountiful roses, cosmos, dahlias, ranunculus, and hydrangeas in blush, white, peach, and gold with greenery peeking through.

High and Low

Drama can be achieved by using just two colors and playing with height. Spikes of mauve roses popped out from a base of white hydrangeas in this centerpiece by Vincenzo Dascanio.

Pink, White, and Green

At this Italian destination wedding, Rhiannon Bosse arranged centerpieces of pink and white flowers in distressed vessels. Plenty of greenery ensured the classic mixes felt like an extension of the surroundings.

Hints of Hues

Layers of Lovely made color feel classic by using an array of different roses and lots of fresh greenery in these compote centerpieces.

Black and White

This high-contrast centerpiece by Max Gill Design delivered on the black-and-white color scheme for a black-tie wedding. Roses, anemones, and grasses in dark and light tones were arranged to dramatic effect.

European Elegance

White, cream, and blush roses with a mix of greenery complemented this wedding's blue-and-white color scheme at a French chateau. One large pink rose was balanced by medium and small flowers in this arrangement by Sisters and B.

Lush Variety

Heavenly Blooms Floral Design created this lush arrangement full of color, texture, and variety with roses, clematis, delphinium, and greens in deep, pale, and saturated hues; the arrangement overflowed from a stone urn.

Traditional Topper

When it comes to traditional wedding flowers, this spray by Gavita Floral has it all. By adding assorted greenery to the mix of roses and ranunculus, the pros made sure the pink tones didn't feel cliché.

A Regal Vessel

Treat your traditional blooms, like this mix of roses, seeded eucalyptus, and hypericum berries, like royalty by having them arranged in an ornate vessel. Out of the Garden designed this mix, then placed them in gilded vases.

Compote Style

White-and-blush roses were paired with white hydrangeas in this Flower Allie centerpiece—but it's the compote vase that really caught our eye. The textured, footed vessel gave this wedding an old-world feel.

High and Low

If you love the look of tall centerpieces but don't want to hinder conversation among your guests, consider a mix. Here, Magnolia Belle Floral created an array of high and low arrangements using white roses and greenery.

Two-Toned Array

Assorted greenery brought a pop of color to an otherwise classic display of white roses. Dropped in a distressed gold vase, this spray had a somewhat vintage vibe.

Blush and Simple

Daniel James Design's pink dahlias and roses looked stunning in this simple, modern glass vase. The understated arrangements gave this reception a minimalist touch and prove that classic mixes can be used at any style event.

Pink Accents

Rose Rock Floral gave this otherwise all-white centerpiece a little pop of color in the form of a few well-placed blush ranunculus. Assorted greenery gave the spread a "just picked" feel.

Hint of Orange

Bloomingayles made sure this centerpiece of white roses and hydrangea had a decidedly airy feel thanks to the addition of trailing greenery.

Varying Sizes

To make a mix of classic flowers feel a little less traditional, try to be playful with size. This combination of large-leafed hydrangeas and smaller blooms like blush roses balanced out this table.

Pretty in Pink

If you strive for uniformity, a centerpiece of similar-hued roses, like these by Katleen Deery Design, will suit your reception table. Placed on a slate gray tablecloth, these pink blooms popped.

Purple Florals

Here's a fun way to make classic flowers your own: Use traditional blooms in unique colors. Jardin Divers employed unexpected purple roses as a way to break up the uniformity of this otherwise white centerpiece.

Small but Tall

Terry Flaherty Designs gave this couple's wedding the ultimate vintage treatment by inserting blush roses and white hydrangeas into narrow, distressed vases.

Vertical Vision

Joanna Carter Flowers arranged this tall mix of ivory hydrangeas, avalanche roses, peonies, and gypsophila. Remember that height will always bring dimension to an otherwise monochromatic centerpiece.

Modern Marvel

Who said classic flowers don't belong at a modern wedding? Even among modern black chairs, this arrangement by Prema, which contained white roses, didn't feel out of place.

Contemporary Additions

You can stray from tradition and still get a look that's classic overall by adding a few unexpected colors and flowers to your centerpieces. Here, bright pink orchids and roses from Artistry in Flowers prove traditional blooms can still get a fresh treatment.

Peony Power

Jacin Fitzgerald spruced up an all-white mix of peonies, ranunculus, and tulips by adding large, leafy greenery.

Pastel Blooms

Pastels are a subtle way to introduce color into a classic centerpiece. Take the light-blue hydrangeas, seen here from Everlasting Flowers Wedding and Events, for example.

Stand-Out Colors

We love how this centerpiece—packed with yellow peonies, dahlias, ranunculus, and cosmos—by A Bud & Beyond became the star of the table when paired with a muted tablecloth.

Blush Against Blue

Classic blooms like roses, dahlias, and dusty miller (arranged here by Blossom and Branch) feel a little more unique when placed on a contrasting blue tablecloth.

Pink Palette

Wynn Austin Events used pink garden roses to break up the otherwise white color palette seen at this couple's traditional reception.

Large White Rose

Hey Gorgeous Events used oversized roses as statement flowers in this centerpiece composed of sweet peas, sweetheart roses, and olive leaves.

Modern Vessel

This classic arrangement of hydrangea, coral charm peonies, garden roses, and dusty miller got a somewhat modern upgrade when Stella Bloom Designs housed the display in a sand-hued concrete vase.

Yellow Bursts

CJP&CO. decided to add yellow roses—an unexpected pop of color—to this romantic arrangement of purple-and-white blooms.

Tiny Pinks

Lily Greenthumbs took an otherwise classic arrangement of white hydrangeas and made it a little more whimsical by adding in a few pink roses. To make sure the look still evokes a classic vibe, use a tall vessel with gold pillars and drop a matching arrangement on the bottom.

Beachy Hues

If you're planning a beach wedding but still love the allure of classic flowers, don't feel forced to go nautical. Instead, try selecting unexpected colors like purple and orange, which evoke a more tropical vibe. Twigg Botanicals curated a colorful mix of classic flowers, like acacia, freesia, amaryllis, stock, spirea, roses, and ranunculus, which looked almost like a sunset.

Moody Colors

Classic doesn't have to mean neutral. This largely white-and-blush centerpiece was given a new life after Spruce Floral Design added in moody red and purple hues. The look would be perfect for a classic take on a winter wedding reception.

Rose Gold

A this romantic and glamorous wedding, classic flowers were arranged in unexpected ways using color and size. Instead of mixing everything together, Victoria Clausen Floral Events created color-blocked clusters of roses, hydrangeas, and snapdragons in white, peach, and lavender with extended branches of variegated greenery.

Rustic Element

One of the benefits of classic florals (these were arranged by Karen O'Grady) is that they elevate rustic details, like the distressed lantern seen here, for a couple that's looking to combine two different styles.

Long-Stem Wonders

Give your all-white day a hint of color by keeping the lush green stems of your centerpieces exposed. Jardiniere Fine Flowers did just that by placing the arrangement in a tall, clear glass vase.

Lamb's Ear and Lavender

You can make classic blooms feel a little more unique with the right accents. This arrangement of white hydrangeas and roses got a somewhat whimsical upgrade in the form of soft sprays of lamb's ear and lavender.