What to plant in pots by front door?

[TheSweetestHalleluja]

Can anyone give me any suggestions what to plant either side of my front door in pots please? The rest of the front garden is mainly lavender, hebe and other cottage garden style planting, but the area around the front door looks very bare and I want to put something there to cheer it up a bit. It is North Westerly facing so gets the afternoon/evening sun. Ideally something hardy and low maintenance I think, but that would be happy to remain in a pot long term. Any ideas appreciated :)

I'll have to try and post a pic when we make our final decision and get it planted up! 🌸

I planted nasturtiums. They will look nice and I can eat them too.

I grew some star jasmine last year but it is really slow (for me anyway😉) to get established. I second what someone else said upthread - salvia or I had blue lobelia in long pots, both lasted the entire summer and beyond and were really beautiful. You could also get Buxus, but mine died (I can't keep anything alive! 😁)

I know zero about gardening or what plants grow in what months but I saw your thread title and Azaleas came to mind 😊

I have a couple of small leaved Hebes ( "Great Orme") in permanent pots by my front steps.

I also have two nice big pots, but plant the actual plants in black florists buckets and then swap them into the pretty pots depending on the time of year and what's looking good. So spring bulbs, bedding plants, roses etc. When they're not flowering they hide by the greenhouse and get fed and watered ready for next year.

I’ve had a bay tree in a pot by my front door for 12+ years. It’s very happy there, saves me buying bay leaves and has only required the occasional trim.

I have a lovely bay plant on one side (good for cooking too) and a miniature apple tree. Plus a couple of seasonal ones for colour. I've planted some pansies and lobelia.
Salvia are a good call.