Flower Centerpieces

Centerpiece flowers by season

Most of these flower centerpieces follow the calendar. About 20 designs lean into fall and harvest color, like the Happy Harvest Cornucopia, where sunflowers, mums and carnations spill from a horn-shaped container, and you'll find more in our fall centerpieces. Close to 20 are Christmas pieces, from the red-rose Very Merry Centerpiece in a low tray to the cone-shaped Crimson Christmas Tree; browse them together in Christmas centerpieces. For spring, the Easter Egg Basket tucks colorful eggs between roses, daisies and carnations in a handled basket (see Easter centerpieces), and Hanukkah Hues runs blue delphinium through white roses and white lilies.

Height, shape and where it sits

Table centerpieces for a sit-down meal should sit low enough that guests can talk across them. By the Candlelight Centerpiece, for example, is about 8 inches high and 20 inches across. For a long table, the Designer's Choice Christmas Centerpiece is built to run down the middle between place settings. Check which way a design faces, too: Harvest Blossom Bouquet is arranged all the way around in a glass cube, so it works in the center of the table, while Sunset Harvest Bouquet is made to be seen from the front and suits a sideboard or console. Trays and baskets, like Garland Greens Centerpiece and Harvest Sunflower Basket, need no vase at all. Most designs here come in three or more sizes.

Centerpieces with candles

Nine of the centerpieces include candles, which suit an evening meal. Traditional Christmas Centerpiece sets red wax tapers among roses, carnations and Asiatic lilies, Christmas Cheer Centerpiece has three tall tapers, and Brilliant Autumn Centerpiece gathers bronze and red mums around a single gold taper. Light the candles only while people are at the table, keep the flame clear of greenery as the wax burns down, and never leave them burning in an empty room. If you'd like a scented candle to go with the flowers, see our candles.