Tropicals & Tender Perennials: question on pruning, 1 by trackinsand

trackinsand wrote:
i just received a beautiful order of four different Hedychiums from Plant Delights and they are really tall. we are having a lot of wind issues right now and i'm wondering if i can trim these stems back without doing any harm to the plants. i know i can prune them after flowering and after a frost, but not sure about now since they are actively growing. i don't expect blooms this year. if i do get them, that will be an added bonus. right now i just want to insure that they get a good strong root system going without blowing all over the place. i have the root ball weighted down with bricks so they can't topple over and i made sure not to cover any new "eyes".
any help will be appreciated.
thanks!