Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Cutting back after a hard freeze, 2 by vintagelily

vintagelily wrote:
Hi there, we had five nights of temperatures below freezing. We have a lot of tropicals and despite efforts to protect our garden, most things were effected. Our vast amounts of variegated ginger are completely brown, but has some new growth. Our red passion flower vine is also completely brown and dried. Do you recommend I leave everything alone until the threat of frost is behind us or can I prune away the unsightly leaves and branches?