Could someone help me with plants for new planters?

[Wonderingwhyme]

I have two planters coming with trellis attached. The planter is 40cm x 40cm and holds 60 litres of soil. Can someone please help me with plant choices?

The problem is they will be in a shaded area. They are bought specifically as screening as out of the only window to the back garden all you see is fence panel and brick wall.

I need some sort of climber. Is there one that is hardy and last all year so there’s still something nice to look at? I Know clematis and the like are quite dainty and die off. I would LOVE some wysteria as it is my al time favourite but appreciate that is probably not likely, although I have been looking at different variants.

I then need something in the actual planter at ground level. I like purples and blues and whites and yellows but happy with whatever if I can plant successfully!

Tia

Pyracantha will give you screening and all year interest.Just remember to water it well in its first season. If you want some work, Plant summer bulbs at the front, followed by spring bulbs in the autumn. Alternatively, winter and summer heather or lavender will do well. If you want to do seeds, it is not to late for Nigella, nasturtiums and calendula. None of them will mind the dry conditions.

Wisteria will not be happy there and generally don’t do well in pots either.

In that location I’d plant a prolific clematis (Montana has flowered well in the shade for me) or for guaranteed flower I’d plant a climbing hydrangea. They have lovely rush green leaves and pretty delicate white flowers and flower well on a shady wall. Inside the pot(s) itself, to fill it more, I’d add a silvery hosta. Again they love shade.

Photos of hosta and hydrangea

Lovely thanks so much. I’ll have a google.

I don’t really want to be planting bulbs as I will probably forget or do it too late or something! I’d like things that will either stay all year or come back in spring etc

For that pot size how many would I fit in each pot?

How about ceanothus? Or pyracantha?

One hydrangea and one hosta per planter. Hosta will disappear over winter but come back with a vengeance the next year. Is suggest once planted that you put a thin layer of very fine gravel over the top of the soil to dissuade slugs and snails which love hosta, but being in an elevated pot should help.

Ok great thanks. Forgot about slugs and snails. Iv stuck to the same things in the garden as they eat everything I normally would pick! Can’t use slug pellets because I have a dog and kids, thanks for the tip with gravel.

Ok so hostas are toxic to dogs.... what else could I use instead of hosta? I’ve sorted climbers....

Anyone?

Hebes might look lovely. They come in a variety of sizes, shades of green and flower in a range of dark purple, through pink to white.