Help! Jasmine and Azalea leaves are yellowing!

My Star Jasmine is one year old and did well last year up until a month or two ago when the leaves began yellowing and it seems like a lot are dropping. I just added gardensoil to the flower bed in the last few weeks. I also planted an azalea at the same time as the new soil and the leaves are yellowing on it as well. I live in an acid soil area (the Pacific Northwest) and it rains plenty here so I don't know what else it could be. Any ideas?

Your soil may be too wet at the present time. My Star Jasmines did the same thing a few months ago when we had a lot of rain, as did some of my azaleas.

Try holding off on the water for a while.

If it's just the leaves at the center of the plants it could just be them shedding for spring. Every year our nurseries' customers freak out and bring us leaves of "dying" plants that are just fine, they're just shedding as the new growth emerges.
Or maybe the roots have been buried under too much soil. Also, what kind of soil did you use? (I've seen Miracle-gro soils and the like burn plants before).
Maybe you could post some pictures to help us help you.

Azaleas don't like "wet feet" at all so if you've had lots of rain and your soil is saturated, that could be the problem. But they also need to be planted slightly above the soil line so the roots can get air. Did you plant it even with the soil line or even a little below it? If so, you need to lift it so it sits above the soil line. And my jasmine always has some of last years leaves turn yellow and fall off in the spring just before it begins putting on it's new growth for this year--could that be what yours is doing?

I hope my Jasmine is just shedding, which is very possible. I will go pull the azalea up to above the soil level, I did plant it even with the dirt. If it is too much water, I don't know what to do about that because we usually get quite a bit of rain, especially in the spring. Thanks for the ideas!

If your going to dig up your Azalea, I would dig the hole way larger than it should be, add loads of leaf-mould or peat to the soil and replant into this mixture, this will allow air into the soil and will also let some of the heavy rain you have had drain away easier, when you back-fill the planting hole around the shrub roots etc, dont over firm the soil down as they dont like there roots to be tightly packed as we do with normal shrubs, it might be a good idea to go to the garden center and try get some sequestrene compound as these plants can sometimes suffer what is called chlorosis, (yellowing of the leaves but the veins usually stay green) this can give a temp help to the discolouring leaves, If your going to lift the plant, do it now as any later will cause the shrub to stop maturing it's flowers buds, and this will prevent flowers for this year, hope all the hints and tips will help you save your shrub, Good luck. WeeNel.