This Cascading Bloom Is the 2026 Wedding Flower of the Year—Here's How to Style It in Your Home

Published on December 17, 2025

Poppy Flowers, a sustainable and affordable wedding florals company, has announced its choice of Wedding Flower of the Year: the graceful, show-stopping amaranth. Poppy has seen a 285% year-over-year increase in requests for amaranth in wedding consultations. Throughout 2026, you can expect amaranth's use to skyrocket even further—perhaps into home decor, too.

All About Amaranth

Amaranth is an elegant, timeless bloom that makes a major impact on wedding bouquets. The long blooms don’t shoot upwards; they trail down the sides of a floral arrangement, cascading over the rest of the flowers to add balance and structure. You’ll commonly see amaranth flowers used as the greenery in a wedding arrangement, but these waterfall florals can also be found in orange, red, purple, pink, and yellow.

Poppy Flowers specifically highlights the bloom's year-round versatility, recommending burgundy amaranth for jewel-toned, fall, or winter weddings and green for a garden girl aesthetic. Earth-toned weddings should look to bronze-colored amaranth, and anyone who wants a pop of color should turn to bold, bright dyed amaranth.

Bringing the Bloom into Your Home

Though amaranth is officially the wedding flower of 2026, that doesn’t mean it can’t travel outside of your wedding venue, too. There are many ways you can incorporate amaranth—real or faux—into your home in the new year.

In your formal dining space, add a vase of amaranth for a touch of extra elegance. A low centerpiece is helpful for your dining or kitchen table; amaranth makes it easy to see along the table and have unobstructed views of those across the way.

Accent Decor

Adorning bookshelves and curio cabinets with amaranth is a simple way to take advantage of its hanging effect. Let amaranth spill over the edges of a shelf, or place a few strands in a vase or bowl to add drama and flair. You could even weave the flower into a wreath for a unique look.

Whether you’re working on your winter floral arrangements or want springtime pastels to fill your home, fresh amaranth blooms should be your go-to accent flower. It looks beautiful on a kitchen counter, bedside table, or in your entryway. Pair this luxe bloom with fluffy peonies, layered roses, delicate wildflowers, or graceful calla lilies for a chic look.