32 Tall Wedding Centerpieces to Take Your Reception to New Heights

Sarah and David Wedding — Credit:
Barrie Anne Photography

Beautiful floral arrangements are always a major focal point during any wedding reception. If you want to ensure that your centerpieces make a lasting impression on your guests, consider going big. While smaller compote centerpieces are gorgeous in their own right, tall wedding centerpieces are unexpected additions to reception tables and are a surefire way to wow your attendees as soon as they walk into the room. And the best part about these lofty arrangements? They can suit any wedding style.

If you're throwing a traditional event, classic mixes of garden roses, hydrangeas, and peonies will stun in a large glass vase. Searching for the perfect contemporary arrangement? Ask your floral designer to place long-stemmed blooms in a structured, four-pillared vessel. And if you're concerned that oversized wedding centerpieces will hinder guests' conversations, don't be: It all comes down to the vessel you choose—and with so many options readily available, you can choose a base that suits both your wedding theme and allows your loved ones to converse freely. From tall glass vases, to thin metal pedestals, attendees will enjoy the beauty of these arrangements and each other's company.

To help you find a larger-than-life display you love, consider some of our favorite tall wedding centerpieces from real weddings below.

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Tabletop Chandeliers

The long banquet table at this glamorous reception was topped with tall, chandelier-like centerpieces flanked by arrangements of pastel flowers by Betty Flowers Santorini.

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Classic White Blooms

tall white and green centerpieces on gold stands — Amanda Wose Photography

Traditional white blooms are paired with modern touches in this towering display, including a variety of textured greenery and elevated gold frames. "We wanted gorgeous florals in a classic color palette that still had a bit of a masculine edge—hard to do!" the grooms said of their reception arrangements.

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Ornamental Tea Lights

tall centerpiece with pink garden roses and ornaments — Greg Finck

This Il Giardino delle Fate masterpiece is the perfect example of a tall, contemporary centerpiece: Their team styled this high-low arrangement of garden roses and greenery and hung ornaments containing small tea lights for a dreamy feel.

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Varying Heights

This candy colored display, created by Ivie Joy Flowers, features both low and tall wedding centerpieces for added visual interest. Vibrant and lush, these arrangements are summery showstoppers.

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Light-Hued Blooms

tall centerpiece with white garden roses — Kseniya Antonova

Put an otherwise classic arrangement up on a pedestal for a contemporary twist. Peony Studio created this mix of traditional garden roses and anthurium.

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Jewel-Toned Arrangement

tall centerpiece with red and pink garden roses — Jen Dillender Photography

Stems Floral Design made ruby and blush garden roses pop by placing the arrangement on a lofty four-pillared gold stand.

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Beachy Fronds

tall centerpiece with greenery — Aster + Olive Photography

For a beach wedding, bring elements of your environment indoors. This tall Blooms by Plantscaping arrangement looked like a mini palm tree with its large, lush fronds.

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Slim and Sophisticated Vases

tall centerpiece with garden roses — Betsi Ewing

This oversized centerpiece was bursting with eucalyptus and white garden roses, but Cress Floral Decorations' vessel of choice—a thin gold stand—prevented the arrangement from hindering guests' conversations.

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Airy Arrangements

classic centerpieces erin wilson — Erin Wilson

Tall centerpieces lend themselves well to rooms with high ceilings. Here, Magnolia Belle Floral created high-and-low arrangements of garden roses and greenery to fill this airy reception space.

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Twin Centerpieces

tall centerpiece with greenery and red flowers — Dawn Derbyshire

You'll want to play with height carefully when including extra-tall arrangements so you don't crowd tables with multiple centerpieces. We love how Dreams Riviera Cancun placed these identical arrangements, housed in long brass tubes, strategically, so they didn't overwhelm the tablescape.

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Defying Gravity

tall centerpiece with garden roses and peonies — Heather Cook Elliott Photography

This mix of blush protea and garden roses and burgundy peonies, arranged by Feisty Flowers, seemed to defy gravity after they were placed in a towering glass vessel.

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Regal Tall Wedding Centerpieces

tall centerpiece with hydrangeas and garden roses — Jessica Kettle

This mix of garden roses, hydrangeas, and dahlias arranged by Decoration Inc. was right at home in this elegant venue thanks to a long, regal vessel.

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Mini Additions

To contrast this overflowing arrangement of greenery, B&B Designs added small vases containing one tulip in front of each place setting.

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Bridge Centerpiece

tall centerpieces with pink garden roses — Michelle Beller

Camellia Floral Design joined vibrant garden roses, hydrangeas, peonies, and tulips together in this large bridge centerpiece.

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Cascading Centerpiece

tall centerpiece with white garden roses and orchids — Issa Mariage

Use your centerpiece's height to your advantage by hanging other décor or floral elements from it. This lofty vessel allowed Issa Mariage to cascade hanging ivy vines and orchids from the top.

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Extra-Tall Wedding Centerpiece

Just because your vessel is already tall doesn't mean you have to stop there. Luna Arrangements added even more height by working large blooms into this centerpiece.

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Simple Surroundings

Draw attention to a tall centerpiece by keeping place settings simple. This Robertson's Flowers arrangement of greenery makes a statement on a lightly decorated table.

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Sea of Green

tall centerpiece with palm leaves — Michelle Lange Photography

To ensure your centerpiece really makes a statement, ask the pros to keep the stems—or in this case leaves. Jardiniere Fine Flowers created this exotic mix of palm fronds and lush greenery.

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Candle Accents

tall centerpiece with garden roses and ranunculus — Studio 29 Photography

Milwaukee Flower Co. created this dramatic cluster centerpiece by pairing a large mix of garden roses and greenery with two candelabras.

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Vintage Additions

tall centerpiece with hydrangeas roses and ranunculus — With Love by Georgie

A tall distressed vase gave a romantic, antique feel to a bunch of garden roses, hydrangeas, and berries created by Sweet Lilacs Studio.

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Lush Leaves

For this couple's greenery inspired wedding, Sinclair & Moore filled glass vases with fresh green leaves.

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Mixing Textures

Lindsay Rae Designs sat small vessels of soft garden roses, ranunculus, and peonies next to dramatic vases full of vibrant greenery.

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White with Pink Accents

nikki-kiff-wedding-centerpiece-004754007-s112766-0316.jpg — Tec Petaja

Saipua paired this large all-white centerpiece with smaller vessels full of pink flowers.

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Natural Leaves

jess todd wedding seattle reception table — Belathée Photography

To create the illusion of walking through a forest, Sinclair & Moore filled towering glass vases with fresh-cut branches.

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Non-Floral Arrangement

For this flower-free wedding, Matthew Robbins Design combined ferns and other greenery to add a textural component to each table.

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Beach-Themed Setting

Large green leaves, arranged by Cabo Flowers, towered over an ocean-inspired tablecloth at this couple's beach reception.

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Topiaries

Large topiaries took the place of flowers in this set up by David Stark Design and Production.

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Wooden Vessels

A nontraditional tall centerpiece calls for an equally nontraditional vessel. Bare Root Flora housed white hydrangeas, peonies, clematis, lisianthus, and greenery in custom wood vases that referenced the venue's wood-paneled walls.

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Candelabras

Tall centerpieces aren't always composed of florals. Instead, La Rosa Canina placed a large candelabra at the center of each reception table.

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Statement Table

molly-patrick-wedding-centerpiece-3022-s111760-0115.jpg — Nancy Ray Photography

Create a statement table in your reception room by outfitting one table with a tall centerpiece. Amy Lynne Originals arranged garden and spray roses, hydrangea, stock, and eucalyptus into a glass vase that stood out among compote vessels.

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Coordinating Vessel

rw-jojo-eric-centerpiece-place-setting-047-elizabeth-messina-ds111226.jpg — Elizabeth Messina Photography

Mindy Rice housed gardenias and ferns in this small, but tall gold vessel that matched the couple's gold chargers.

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Tangled Vines

tall centerpiece with hydrangeas roses and peonies — Rebecca Ellison Photography

Bridal Blooms of Fort Worth successfully showcased this couple's mint green and pink color palette in their arrangement—but it is the display's dried stems that really drew our attention.