can I trim my rhododendrum back, all the leaves are brown and very dry?

can I trim my rhododendrum back, all the leaves are brown and very dry?
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You won't have any flowers.............ours also had a rough winter.  We are going to put burlap around them this winter........I would rake everything from underneath it and put new mulch and fertilizer.
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