Plants suitable for planters/big pots

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Hi all
Very novice gardener here and the advice I have received in the past on this forum has been great. I am in a rented house and probably won't stay here particularly long term so I am trying to add colour and interest that I can pack up and take with me.
I started off with lots of small pots but have decided to edge the garden/ patio with planters and giant pots. The front of the patio gets full sun as does one side of the fence. The rest of the garden is either partial shade or full shade. Looking for suggestions for plants that are pretty easy to keep alive but will add some colour other than green and potentially a bit of height in parts.
Not in the UK but the weather here is pretty much english spring/ summer all year round a lot of rain, a lot of sun and some colder periods but never frost. Things that currently seem to be doing well in my small pots are roses, fuchsia, lavender and a purple sage.

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Big planters and giant pots - particularly when full of compost and plants - tend to be very heavy and not the easiest of things to move. Something to think about if you're not thinking if staying where you are for very long.

I’ve got a red acer in a large pot. It is bloody heavy but looks great - in the background here although you can’t see the pot. It’s 50cm I think (have cat on lap currently so can’t move )
It’s a dark purplish red all summer & turns bright red in autumn.

Oh, lost picture, sorry.

Fill the bottom of your large pots with broken polystyrene, it will help with the drainage and make them lighter to move, also repurposes the polystyrene.
Hydrangeas do very well in large planters, in semi shade. Cordylines also look good and can be under planted with other plants.

No need to worry about moving them, due to dp work I have access to a small crane that I previously recruited to relocate my beloved herb box. I am not thinking huge huge planters perhaps more like knee height and 1m long (planning to build them myself) but the polystyrene tip is very helpful particularly if I get any huge pots.
I am hoping to fill them with flowering plants if possible

Japanese maples do well in pots in partial shade.

You could also try cistus or genista.

Olives would do well, Salix the small pink And white one, box (Buxus) topiary but obviously very green, Cornus would do ok with colourful stems in winter

Agapanthus are good in pots, hydrangeas too. I also have an olive, a fig which gives me 20-30 fruit every autumn, and two clipped hollies that have berries rather than flowers.

With that climate I'd be looking at an olive tree . Prune every Spring reducing branches by a third to stop it getting straggly and feed throughout the summer months . Buy the biggest trunk you can afford and it will be beautiful. You could under plant it with small lavenders too for a Mediterranean style .

Ohh i hadn't thought of trees an olive sounds great, I'll see if i can source one.
We have a lot of agapanthus in the garden and I'm not a fan i hate the long green leaves