Hydrangeas: Pruning Young, Newly Planted Hydrangeas, 2 by candybars41

candybars41 wrote:
whaaaaaah......I planted these 4 hydrangeas same day. One on the left came from a nearby nursery...the other 3 from an on-line site. They arrived in decent shape...but one really hot day and not enough water seemed to have killed all 4...but after a lot of water, the first plant perked up...the others didn't. They seem to be getting a little better so yesterday I just added some nice compost to the dirt around them and made sure the soil is nice and moist. I am not sure what the difference is between "pruning" and "deadheading"...but I did remove the crunchy dried out leaves from the stems...and took a little of the browned blooms off but was afraid of being too heavy handed.

At first I was going to just pull them out and throw them away (lol) but was told I just need to be patient and that they may just be dehydrated.

Thoughts? The first pic is after newly planted...and the other pics show my sad present situation...:(