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29 Tall Centerpieces That Will Take Your Reception Tables to New Heights

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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, it's best to go tall. While smaller compote centerpieces are gorgeous in their own right, vertical arrangements are unexpected additions to wedding tables and are a sure 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. 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.

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 tall arrangement style you love, consider some of our favorites from real weddings. Click through to discover how you can incorporate these larger-than-life centerpieces into your own reception décor.

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Light Blooms

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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

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Jewel-Toned Wedding Centerpieces Sure to Wow Your Guests

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

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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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Classic and Thin

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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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High and Low

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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

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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

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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 Arrangements

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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

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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

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38 Pink Wedding Centerpieces We Love

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

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Extra-Tall

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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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Cascading Centerpiece

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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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Simple Surroundings

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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

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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

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84 Candle Centerpieces That Will Light Up Your Reception

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

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22 Totally Chic Vintage Centerpieces

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

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

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Mixing Textures

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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

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

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Natural Leaves

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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

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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

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

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Topiaries

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

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Wooden Vessels

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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

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23 Non-Floral Wedding Centerpiece Ideas

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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Varied Heights

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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

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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

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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.

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