OT-Fuchsias

If any of you good iris people know about cultural recommendations for growing fuchsias could you please advise me.
I have two that are hanging baskets and although they once were prolific bloomers they are not doing well at all. They have been faithfully watered and are on an east facing exposure for morning only sun ... there are now few flowers and yellowing foliage.
Help...
Perhaps it is the acidity that they lack as I found the following cultural notes.
Please contact me off list so as not to clutter the list with non iris talk.
Thanks in advance. Chris.
 
Plant Type: Deciduous Shrub
Uses: Ornamental, Rock Garden, Hanging, Container, Greenhouse
Propagation: Stem cuttings
Habit: Arching, Drooping
Light: Part Shade
Flower Color: Red, White, Pink
Blooms: Summer
Width: 3 ft.; Height: 2.5 - 5 ft.
Fertility: Moderately Rich
Soil: Acid, Moist, Well-drained, High, Medium
Zone: 9 - 11

This is a shrub version of the more common fuchsia plant. Grown for its elegant flowers which are long, narrow tubes of red, pink or white surrounded by a 'skirt' of petals. This garden selection will form a large, arching shrub. Likes some shelter and part shade and prefers a rich, moist soil.

Christopher Hollinshead
Mississauga, Ontario  Canada  zone6b
AIS(Region 16), CIS, SSI
Director-Canadian Iris Society
Newsletter Editor-Canadian Iris Society
e-mail:  c*@netcom.ca
CIS website:  http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS.html

 
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