If the stems are bent and those are the ones wilting, by all means prune those back, but since you didn't plant deeply when you originally planted it, I would be tempted to only prune back to the last leaf since you don't know if you have dormant buried nodes or not. You can always mound soil around the existing plant to in essence have it be planted deeper.

What about digging it up and replanting it deeper...in the long run, it would be better, wouldn't it?

Whether digging it up will be better in the long run really depends on the condition of the plant originally. Most major reputable nurserys who grow their own plants from cuttings or raise them from liners by potting them up will have buried dormant nodes when they grew them out and potted them up. If so, then an individual planting them deeper is not a necessity but certainly does no harm. So if the OP bought a plant that had been treated this way, no need to plant deeper. Since she bought it at a big box store, there is no way to tell how it was treated so planting deeper would have been advantageous. The options are to leave it alone and mound soil up around the plant (this is typically the recommendations for most plants in my area due to the clay soil) or to trim it back drastically and replant it now. Either will work and the OP knows what her summers are like. In my zone, I would be hesistant to dig anything up now and transplant since it has already gotten hot and the rainfall we had been getting earlier in the season is a thing of the past. Started having to run my soaker hoses and drip irrigation systems this past week here.

I planted Podocarpus on 6'inches deep on my patio 10 Podocarpus 2 1/2 foot a part the Podocarpus the i planted is 7 foot high I got half of the ROOTBALL out cuz cant go deeper are they going to be ok? please someone reply!!!!!!!

Joel, podocarpus have nothing to do with clematis, so help from this source will be minimal. Clematis are rather unusual in that they will do better if planted deeply.......most all other plants will not tolerate this approach.

Your post is a little hard to follow so I don't known exactly what the situation is you are describing. But in general, it is not a concern if a woody plant is planted high with a portion of the rootball exposed above grade. In fact, that is far preferable than planting too deeply and is a recommended process when planting in heavy clay. If the raised rootball is exposed, it should be at least covered in soil or mulch upto the crown soil level to protect any exposed feeder roots.

You may get further advice if you were to post this in the Conifers forum.