That is my main concern is that every single plant is only a year old in the ground or less. This is what I have to lose...do you sense the panic! Abies balsamea 'Tyler Blue' Abies concolor Abies concolor 'Archer's Dwarf Abies concolor 'Blue Cloak' Abies concolor 'Glauca Compacta' Abies koreana 'Blauer Pfiff ' Abies koreana 'Golden Glow' Abies koreana 'Goldener Traum' Abies koreana 'Horstmann's Silberlocke' Abies lasiocarpa 'Compacta' Abies lasiocarpa 'Martha's Vinyard' Abies pinsapo 'Horstmann' (cannan) Abies procera �Hupp�s Christmas Tree� (noman) Abies procera 'Danish Column' Abies procera 'Glauca Nana' (cannan) Abies procera 'Sherwoodii' (balsam) Abies, nordm 'Golden Spreader' Abies, veitc 'Heddergott' Chamaechparis pisifera 'Golden Charm' Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Saffron Spray' Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Devon Cream' Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Snow' Cupressus nootkatensis 'Green Arrow' Jun. squam. 'Floriant' Juniperus pfitzeriana (x) 'Daub's Frosted' Juniperus squamata 'Dream Joy' Larix �Jacobson�s Pyrimid� Larix laricina 'Blue Sparkler' Larix laricina 'Newport Beauty' Picea abies `Fritsche' Picea abies `Gold Dust' Picea abies `Jacobsen' Picea abies `Will's Zwerg' Picea abies �Cupressina� Picea abies �Katherine�s Golden Heart� Picea abies 'Diffusa' Picea abies 'Elegantissama' Picea abies Gregg�s Seedling Picea Abies 'Kellerman's Blue Cameo' Picea abies 'Kellerman's Blue Cameo' Picea abies 'Pusch' Picea abies 'Wingles Weeper' Picea brew. 'Emerald Midget' Picea engelmanii 'Compacta' Picea engelmannii 'Blue Magoo' Picea engelmannii 'Bush's Lace' Picea glauca `Echiniformis' Picea glauca 'Burning Well' Picea glauca Cleveland Rd. Picea glauca 'Daisy White' Picea glauca 'Dent' Picea glauca 'Hillside' Picea glauca 'Ketch Harbor' Picea glauca 'Mac's Gold' Picea glauca 'McConnell's Gold' Picea glauca 'Pendula' Picea glauca 'Yukon Blue' Picea jezoenis 'Howell's Dwarf Tigertail' Picea mariana `Nana' Picea mariana 'Aureovariegata' Picea mariana 'Blue Teardrop' Picea mariana 'Blue Tier Drop' Picea mariana 'Golden' Picea omorika `Osmaston #1' Picea omorika �de Ruyter' Picea omorika 'Nana' Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns' Picea omorika 'Peve tijn' Picea omorika 'Pimoko' Picea orientalis 'Atrovirens' Picea orientalis `Barnes' Picea orientalis �Aureospicata� Picea orientalis �Tom Thumb Gold� Picea orientalis 'Connecticut Turnpike' Picea orientalis 'Mount Vernon' Picea orientalis 'Silver Seedling' Picea orientalis 'Skylands' Picea orientalis 'Tom Thumb' Picea pungens `St. Mary's Broom' Picea pungens �Sester Dwarf� Picea pungens �Spring Blast� Picea pungens 'Blue Pearl' Picea pungens 'Blue Totem' Picea pungens 'Donna's Rainbow' Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' Picea pungens 'Gebelle's Golden Spring' Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa' Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa' Picea pungens 'Hoopsii' Picea pungens 'Iseli Fastigiate' Picea pungens 'Montana Ave.' Picea pungens 'R.H. Montgomery' Picea pungens 'Royal Knight' Picea pungens 'The Blues' Picea Pungens 'Thuem' Picea pungens 'Wisconsin Cream' Picea rubens `HB' ('Hexenbesen) Picea sitchensis `Papoose' Picea x mariorika 'Machala' Picea, abies 'Motala' Pins sylvestris 'Watereri' Pinus Banksiana 'Schoodic' Pinus cembra Pinus cembra `Stricta' (Fastigiata) Pinus cembra 'Blue Mound' Pinus cembra 'Glauca Compacta' Pinus cembra 'Klein' Pinus contorta 'Chief Joseph' Pinus contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst' Pinus densiflora 'Jane Kluis' Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow' Pinus heldreichii Pinus heldreichii `Compact Gem' Pinus heldreichii 'Green Bun' Pinus heldreichii 'Smidtii' Pinus koraiensis `Tabuliformis' Pinus koraiensis 'Dragon Eye' Pinus koreansis 'Anna' Pinus koreansis 'Silveray' Pinus Leucodermis 'Irish Bell' Pinus longaeva 'Sherwood Compact' Pinus mugo `Pal Maleter' Pinus mugo `Zundert' Pinus mugo 'Carstens' Pinus nigra 'Oregon Green' Pinus parviflora `Billie' (M-par 4) Pinus parviflora 'Adcock's Dwarf'' Pinus parviflora 'Arnold's Arboretum Dwarf' Pinus parviflora 'Catherine Elizabeth' Pinus parviflora 'Glauca' Pinus parviflora 'Goldilocks' Pinus parviflora 'Hagoromo' Pinus Parviflora 'Miyajima' Pinus parviflora 'Tempelhof' Pinus parviflora 'Yatsubusa' Pinus pumila `Dwarf Blue' Pinus reflexa �Vanderwolf�s Pyramid Pinus reflexa 'Extra Blue' Pinus resinosa 'Don Smith' Pinus strobus 'Blue Shag' Pinus strobus 'Coney Island' Pinus strobus 'Girard Contorta Nana' Pinus strobus 'Mini Twists'� Pinus strobus 'Minuta' Pinus strobus 'Nana' Pinus strobus 'Pendula' Pinus strobus 'Stowe Pillar' Pinus strobus 'Tiny Curls' Pinus strobus 'Wintergold' Pinus sylvestris `Gold Medal' Pinus sylvestris 'Gold Coin' Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper' Pinus sylvestris 'Mitch Weeping' Pinus sylvestris 'Moseri' Pinus thunbergii 'Thunderhead' Pinus uncinata 'Caesar' Pinus uncinata 'Silver Candles' Pinus x 'Forest Sky' Pinus, densi 'Golden Ghost' Pinus, strob 'Coronado' Platycladus orientalis `Morgan' Platycladus orientalis 'Franky Boy' Sciad, verti 'Joe Kozey' Sciadopitys v. 'Mitsch Select' Taxodium distichum 'Peve Minaret' Thuja occidentalis 'Concabe' Thuja occidentalis 'Linesville' Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold' Thuja occidentalis 'Sunkist' Thuja standishii x plicata 'Green Giant' Tsuga canadensis 'Gentsch White' Tsuga canadensis 'Moon Frost' Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula' Tsuga canadensis 'Vermeulen Wintergold' Tsuga mertensiana Tsuga, merte 'Elizabeth' Miscanthus sinensis Purpurascens Penstemon Dark Towers Chrysanthemum 'Coral Daisy' Chrysanthemum 'Red Daisy' Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield' Hemerocallis 'Lime Frost' Miscanthus sinensis Dixieland Miscanthus sinensis Graziella Miscanthus sinensis Malepartus Salvia nemorosa Blue Hill Sedum Vera Jameson Althea 'Blue Satin' Barberry 'Rosey Glow' Cleathra 'Vanilla Spice' Cotinus x 'Grace' Fothergilla gardenii Ginkgo biloba 'Mariken' Ginkgo Biloba 'Pete's Dwarf' Hamamelis 'Girard's Purple' Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena' Hydrandea 'Mystic Flame' Hydrangea paniculata 'Little Lime' Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice' Itea 'Little Henry' Magnolia 'Jane' Physocarpus opulifolius 'Coppertina' Rhododendron x 'Roseum Elegans' Rosa 'Meidrifora' (Coral Drift) Rosa 'Sunrise Sunset' Viburnum c. Spiced Bouquet Viburnum 'Hildebrants' Viburnum lantana 'Variegatum' Viburnum nudum 'Bulk' Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum Viburnum pragense 'Decker' Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake' Viburnum x 'Cayuga' Weigela florida 'Dwarf Variegated' Weiglea 'Shining Sensation' Acer buergerianum 'Miyasama yatsubusa' Acer campestre 'Carnival'� Acer circinatum 'Bort's Dwarf'� Acer circinatum 'Del's Dwarf'� Acer griseum Acer palmatum �Brandt's Dwarf� Acer palmatum �Caperci Dwarf� Acer palmatum �Coonara Pygmy� Acer palmatum dissectum 'Orangeola' Acer palmatum 'Emperor 1' Acer palmatum 'Fireglow' Acer palmatum 'Red Dragon' Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku' Acer rubrum ' Sun Valley' Acer rubrum 'Resupszam' aka Super Sonic Red Acer saccharum 'Fall Fiesta' Acer shirasawanum �Bashful� Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' Acer shirasawanum 'Jordan'� Aesculus parviflora Aesculus pavia Aesculus x 'Autumn Splendor' Berberis 'Red Jewel' Carpinus caroliniana Cercidiphyllum japonicium Cercis canadensis Chionanthus virginicus Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia �W. Stockman� aka Golden Shadows Cornus kousa 'Aurora' Cornus kousa 'Milky Way' Cornus kousa 'Samaritian' Cornus mas Fagus sylvatica `Mercedes' Fagus sylvatica 'Red Oblisk' Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor' Ginkgo 'Autumn Gold' Ginkgo 'Autumn Gold' Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies' Ginkgo biloba 'White Lightning'� Heptacodium miconioides Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star' Liriodendron tulipifera Malus 'Coralburst Malus 'Firbird' Metasequoia glyptostroboides Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Jack Frost' Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Miss Grace' Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica 'Sheri's Cloud' Ostrya virginiana Parrotia persica 'Vanessa'� Plantanus x acerifolia 'Morton Circle' Quercus xreifii var. warei x Q. alba �Birthday Candle�

I picked up 3 Pinky Winky PGs on sale one year at the garden centre. I kept 2 and gave 1 to my Mom. Hers looked like it was gone for 2 years and then the next year sprung to life and has been going strong ever since!!! One of mine is next to the shed in late afternoon light (3-sundown) Last year it was covered - like the pics above. It's about 4x4 right now (it started out around 2x1). Seems to REALLY like the location. The second of mine is in the front yard and gets sun from about (11-3 - I know, the hottest part of the day but we live on a lake, so water is no issue). We got it and it was missing all the branches in the middle. It too was about 1x2'. I trimmed off all the bottom branches and am letting it grow into a tree shape. It's around 4x2' right now with the top half covered in leaves. I've surrounded the base with sedums, pinks, peony, jacob's ladder. I was at the garden centre last weekend and saw that they had the same set up (slightly bigger though) for $95....since I got mine on sale as a strange looking, sad little guy for $5, I figure I've made quite the investment there! Either way, I love the gorgeous bright white blooms when they first "pop". Remind me of a bridal veil....I love it when they fade to pink and then I love the look of the flowers over the winter with clumps of snow sitting on top. I've never seen them sag

Thank you for your thoughtful advice, Springwood Gardens! I appreciate it. We do get pretty hot here in the summer, but it's also very humid. I check on the bushes everyday, and they have not been wilting at all so far-- I do make sure to keep their soil moist; one side already has a drip hose around the plant (far enough out to not get the leaves wet), the other I've just been watering when the soil feels dry half an inch down. I've read enough to know that hydrangeas cannot tolerate BOTH full sun and dry soil. The leaves on my particular Revolutions are noticeably smaller than the leaves on the Horwack I have, which might be why they seem much more resistant to wilt than the Horwack. I will admit if I had done even more research when I started to plant them, I would have placed them in a shadier location for the first 6 months or so... but they have been growing in full sun this whole time, so I'm pretty sure the Revolution can tolerate it (unlike the Horwack). I thought they were more likely to tolerate full sun, too, since I"m in a cooler climate than a lot of hydrangeas will prefer (but, the zone thing doesn't really account for the highs of an area-- we do have highs for most of the summer in upper 80s and lower nineties, with a few spikes or hot weeks over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in August and September. I don't mind babying the little plants, though-- I think as long as I'm conscientious about keeping an eye on the health of the plants from day to day, they should be okay. I'll pot them up and move them out of full sun if I see them struggling. I didn't think hostas grew well in full sun-- am I wrong? I do have some sedum I could transplant around the little guy, but I'm worried about the root competition. When I moved them from gallon pots into the soil I noticed the roots were pretty shallow still. If that would be better than mulch, though, I'll do it. I will definitely build up the mulch-- I'm planning to mulch everything after work today. It's supposed to rain tomorrow. I feel like I should probably snip off the buds for the health of the plants this year so they can put their energy into growing roots and leaves, but I also want to see the blooms since I've read so many posts on here of people believing they have one variety, and when it blooms it turns out to be a different variety. What if I leave one bunch of broccoli intact on each plant and nip off the rest of the flower buds? Will that encourage them to grow more? Sorry if my questions are obvious, these sort of specific information are hard to find on google. Although I like the Horwack a lot, I am really impressed with the Revolution so far. They've been much more hardy than I expected for hydrangeas. And the compact size is perfect as we have a pretty small lot! I attached a picture to show the relative leaf size of the Horwack versus the Revolutions-- this is right after I pulled them out of the shipping container from the ebay seller; so this is the size they all started out at in late April. They've definitely grown.

Hard to tell. The pictures I saw exagerated the colors and differed from one another.