Over watering is important, yes, but there are other things to consider too. I have a pink & purple fuchsia thing I got at Home Depot 9 or 10 years ago. It was in a hanging pot for a long time, and then it went in a half wine barrel several years ago. Then the barrel got shuffled around the back yard to about 4 different locations before I found one that made the plant happy! It gets watered 2x weekly in the summer, and whenever it rains in the winter. It's pretty happy where it is, shaded for the majority of the day by the house, the chicken coop and redwood trees to the south, BUT, it gets some direct sunlight every day. Just not much. I got 10 babies (2" pots) from Earthworks last Fall. I've killed 1 or 2 pretty fast, gifted 4, and the rest are stumbling along. Pink Marshmallow got cooked in the heat from the driveway, moved to the clothes line out back, (still too hot and sunny for it), and is now in the shade in the front yard, but under a redwood tree. We'll see how it bounces back. Or if! Feather Duster looks cute, appears happy in its smallish shallow clay pot, but it's not thrilling to me. White/white discolors too frequently and quickly. I thought I'd like it more. Mancunian plant looks fine, never bloomed this summer... Hanging plastic pot, on an oak tree, we'll see how it winters and then grows on in the Spring. Snowburner - died... whitefly, mealy bugs, withered, dead... Everything ELSE in the barrel is going gangbusters, bugs or no bugs! HeRi Mochara did OK, not thrillingly, probably needs a bigger container next year. Likes where it is, though. Tropicana - plant fine, but no blooms. Hopefully it will do better next year. My point being that sometimes it's your care, sometimes it's the location you stuck it in, sometimes it's the plant that doesn't like something. Do your research, and keep plugging away until you find something that likes what you do, where you do it. Voila! Pretty flowers!

I bought a hanging basket with red/purple fuschia blooms (as well as another fuschia with pink/white blooms) that was in full spate of bloom (really small leaved variety, I guess just for pots), and first some leaves yellowed and dropped off, then almost overnight all leaves fell off and I have bare branches and some flower buds (which are still maturing and blooming), tho I do see some baby leaves after 2 weeks. It hangs on a N facing carport and its sister plant hanging within 6 feet is just fine. I did have a dish under both but when it started being hot and stormy here in VA took it off both so torrential rains & wind wouldn't drown it. Have only fertilized once (plant sticks). Don't understand why one blasted and the other is fine. (Also cannot understand why our hummingbirds go to it as much as its greener sister). Any ideas?

So Ken, you don't have any suggestions as to what can cause the yellowing and brown spots? I just bought these two standards this year. They are in brand new pots with brand new 'storebought' media. The bag from Costco, I do believe. I wasn't clear that the yellowing, brown spots and falling leaves has been a problem since shortly after I bought them in May. After researching online, I thought they might need fertilizing with a liquid fertilizer (I potted them up with Bone Meal Plus, and sprinkled a little Miracle Gro slow release back in May). I don't think giving them a little liquid fertilizer after two months is overdoing it. The bottle says to apply every 8-10 days, and it's been two weeks. I haven't sprayed them yet...just fertilized two weeks ago. I live in the Pacific Northwest, so yes, we have rain in May and June, but July has been a scorcher, think they have been watered consistently, ie not too moist, never completely drying out. They are in a part of the deck that receives morning sun until about noon, I could try giving them more sun...but am hoping someone is familiar with this problem and can help out.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to help me! I ended up getting everything stabilized and they are mostly back to normal. I had a few things which all contributed to the edema issue and then a period of over watering after transplant. As I said, the big closet they are in gets pretty warm and humid due to the door being shut to keep the cats out. I had a fan on them and with the furnace running, it was keeping the room cooler and keeping the humidity down. After transplant, I did a heavy watering. For the next 5 days, I didn't run the fan and it has been warming here, so the furnace hasn't been circulating the air to keep the room cool and to remove the humidity. I think this caused the edema and the lack of water evaporation which caused the wilted leaves from the wet potting soil. After I figured this all out, they all stabilized and are looking much better. With the nicer weather, time for them to start transitioning outside. Still 4 weeks to go. Next year, I will be waiting 4 more weeks to start the seeds. They are getting too big, but I had spring fever. :)