Carolina Gardening: Couple of plants in trouble. Thoughts?, 1 by DebinSC

DebinSC wrote:
This fella (fatsia japonica) gets about 2 hours of mid-morning sun. It's planted among ivy which seemed to suit it in the winter and spring, but as you see, the lower leaves are going yellow and dropping. And the upper leaves aren't as open as they were before. When I was away for a week, DH accidentally left the drip line on in this area for several days, so even with the ivy in there, it was pretty wet. My first thought was too much water. An ideas as to the culprit here?
Thanks!
Deb