Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Candle Block Centerpiece

You'll always be able to improvise a centerpiece with these candle blocks: Each face is drilled with a hole sized to fit a particular type of candle.

Make This Centerpiece

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Flicker of an Idea

With the help of these candle and flower centerpieces, the whole table will shine. For each one, use candle wax to attach a small floral frog to the center of a shallow bowl. Push a taper into the floral frog to secure. Pour water into the bowl. Clip amaryllis blooms (or other large flowers) from their stems, and arrange them in the bowl around the candle.

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Rose, Carnation, and Orchid Arrangement

Express your sentiments with a bright and beautiful arrangement featuring carnations, lady slipper orchids, and roses.

Make This Arrangement

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

A Candle Garden

Romance is in the details, especially at a Valentine's Day dinner. Arrange pillar candles of different sizes and colors in a serving platter or shallow bowl. Then, surround the candles with a layer of dried beans (we used kidney beans, but pink lentils, red beans, and red rice also work nicely). Beans make cleanup of the wax easy and unify a group of candles into a true centerpiece.

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Floating Heart

Flowers have always managed to say a lot, but they've rarely expressed sentiments so clearly and directly. This "floating" heart is made with pale shades of common, easily obtainable blossoms, such as carnations, mums, and hyacinths.

Make the Floating Heart Centerpiece

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Sweetheart Arrangement

Flowers and candy are the touchstones of courtship and romance. But handing over a bouquet and a box of chocolates isn't the only way to show you're sweet on someone. The intense reds of tulips such as 'Red Nova' and 'Pallada' will prove that your affection has not waned. And the profusion of spicy cinnamon candies lining the vase is an elegant display of your heartfelt emotion.

Make This Arrangement

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Conversation Piece

A valentine of any age will enjoy the fun messages that this arrangement delivers. Pastel candy hearts proclaiming "Class act" and "Be true" and tulips in complementary colors, such as creamy 'Cheers,' pale-pink 'New Design,' and 'Apricot Beauty,' convey your feelings with more than words.

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Cockscomb Valentine Wreath

Nothing expresses the essence of Valentine's Day better than a big, full heart. Declare your love for a sweetheart -- or simply a love of romance -- with this handmade cockscomb wreath.

Make the Valentine Wreath

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Blooming Place Card

A rose by any name smells sweet -- so why not create place cards decorated with blooms? Fold a 3-by-8-inch piece of card stock in half, inscribe it with a name, and cut a small hole in the crease. Trim a rose stem to 2 1/2 inches; slide it through the hole. Place in a plastic floral tube.

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

A Vibrant Arrangement

To make a vibrant Valentine's Day arrangement, use geranium leaves as greenery, roses in two colors (hot pink and red in two shades), some interesting carnations (burgundy with dark pink in the border of the petals), and a touch of pale-pink ranunculus.

Make This Arrangement

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Carnation Heart Arrangement

Delightful as a centerpiece or displayed on a wall or door, this easy-to-make Valentine's Day arrangement forms sweet-scented carnations into a lovely heart shape.

Make the Carnation Heart Arrangement

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Flower-Heart Centerpiece

Give petite flowers a larger presence by arranging them in the form of a heart. With this centerpiece there are enough blooms for every guest to take a cluster or two home. To ensure that the design stands out, use short, small vessels, such as eggcups. We combined a vibrant collection of ranunculuses with all-white details. Candles placed inside the heart will showcase the flowers into the evening.

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Rose Dome Centerpiece

The impromptu charm of a variegated rose (here, white-and-pink 'Henri Matisse') highlights the intensity of its crimson companions.

Make the Rose Dome Arrangement

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Roses in a Ribbon Box

Four dozen red and pink roses stand out in this boxed arrangement.

Make This Arrangement

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Romantic Candles

Set a romantic mood with a grouping of handmade heart candles.

Make the Heart Candles

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Slender Rose Arrangement

A mixed bouquet can be artfully rearranged among a dozen slender vases, freeing each bloom to flaunt its beauty. Much is made of long stems, but trimming them to staggered heights lets individual roses stand out.

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Red Floral Arrangements

Even if you love the idea of sending something red, something blooming, and something that says "I love you" on Valentine's Day, it doesn't always have to be red roses. Here are some stunning alternatives.

See Our Ideas

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

How to Arrange Roses for Valentine's Day

Learn how to prepare and arrange a beautiful rose centerpiece for the table.

Get the How-To

Valentine's Day Flowers and Centerpieces

Carnation Mobile Centerpiece and Napkin Ring

Here's a romantic centerpiece that takes no table space: a carnation mobile with matching floral napkin rings.

Make the Carnation Mobile and Napkin Rings