a heavy rain made my crape myrtle trees blossoms dull and droopy. Should I cut off the old blooms?

a heavy rain made my crape myrtle trees blossoms dull and droopy. Should I cut off the old blooms?
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Yes, you should remove the flowers if they appear damaged by such a rain, however, you should not remove all of the damaged flowers, to do so will harm the plant.
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