Close-up Of Blue Pink Hydrangea In The Garden In Flower Festival At Chiangmai,Thailand. Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The hydrangea has a wide range of meanings, from heartfelt emotion to gratitude to boastfulness. Each meaning stems from different cultural beliefs and stories. Because of the Japanese legend above, hydrangeas are associated with apology. Victorians considered hydrangeas a negative plant, and used it to represent boastfulness, bragging, or vanity. Hydrangeas became associated with these boastfulness and vanity because they produce magnificent flowers, but very few seeds. They were also given to people who turned down love interests as signs that they were cold or frigid.