Tropical Twist
For a fresh and easy look, pile clementines, tangelos, and kumquats in a footed "Ellipse" vessel, $350, by Dover, dovermetals.com. Add mini votive holders filled with orange sweets, $5 for four, from Jamali Garden Supplies, jamaligarden.com. Candies, $5 per pound, and place-card holder, $6; both from Dean & Deluca, deandeluca.com.
Bright Idea
Pack a colorful punch with a floral centerpiece that blends pink lisianthus and peonies with orange spray and green roses, orange Parrot tulips, and viburnum, $250, from Stonekelly, stonekelly.com. A leaf wrapping hides the flowers' stems.
Presents Perfect
For an element of surprise, try a gift-inspired centerpiece (guests can choose their own favors). Assorted boxes, each $2.50 or less, from Bellaterra, bellaterra.net; Beaucoup, beau-coup.com; and Wedding Things, weddingthings.com, can be filled with candies, handmade soaps, or other goodies and stacked atop cake stands, by Dover, dovermetals.com.
Everything's Rosy
A lace tablecloth calls for a romantic centerpiece; the topiary style makes it modern. Mi Amore roses, ranunculus buds, hydrangeas, and horsetail, $200, by Alana Rose Designs, alanarosedesigns.com. Votives, $5 for four, from Jamali Garden Supplies jamaligarden.com.
A Touch of Glass
Take table decor to new heights by filling an oversized martini glass with a mix of delicate blooms and woodsy berries: Blue Curiosa and Black Beauty roses, purple sweet pea, calla lilies, and seeded eucalyptus, $150, from Spruce, spruceup.com.
Clear Distinction
Bring a beachy feel to your table in a sophisticated way, by scattering white-branch coral, $29 each, and flat coral, $34 each, among floating votives in an "Ismir" vase, $29, and bowl, $24. "Voluminous" candleholders, $19–$29. All from Pottery Barn, potterybarn.com.
Precious Petals
For the couple who want a new kind of beachy, classic look, blend tropical and traditional blooms: Buttercup cattleya and Phalaenopsis orchids, blue muscari, Stranger roses, and fiddlehead ferns, $850 (smaller versions from $350), from Lotus by Luis Collazo, lotus212.com.
Natural High
Create a serene setting by topping tables with moss from Dry & Silk, 212/239-3684, and fiddlehead ferns, from Fischer & Page, fischerandpage.com. Plant them in rustic hurricanes, $49 each, and "Manor" pillar holders, $24 each, from Pottery Barn, potterybarn.com.
