Suggestions for planter in direct sun

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I’ll preface by saying I know NOTHING about gardening but DD and I visited our local garden centre this weekend with a view to making our new house more homely - the weeds had taken over but the last year has been about the inside. Now it’s time to venture out.

The front of the house is south facing with no shade. The house came with lovely white long planters which I’m keen to use but have no idea what to plant.

We want to do something that will have year round appeal but with some flower that will attract the pollinators. The house is white and modern and a bit meh and needs brining to life. Any suggestions for what we could plant? Thank you

In a similar aspect in my garden I have a mixture of lavendar and agapanthus.

Are the planters very deep? In that case I would plant roses. Imho they have a real wow factor. The only downside is that they don't have year round appeal, but if you pick a variety which has rose hips it will look nicer for longer.

I have a south facing front garden & grow Mediterranean herbs & spring & summer bulbs in it.
Sage, Thyme, Lavender, Margoram & Rosemary; muscari, daffodils, alliums etc.
i particularly love the Fox Tail Rosemary as it sends out long fronds which get covered in purple flowers.
All the herbs are evergreen, but do need light pruning to keep them in check.
Here's a pic.

I'd do lavender and thyme personally. They'll smell amazing, the bees will love them and they need the same growing conditions.

Mix any compost for the pot with lots of grit (can buy from garden centre), I'd go 50/50 compost & grit: they'll be happiest in very free draining soil

Rosemary is a good shout too as per pp. You can use the same "soil recipe" as above for rosemary too.

Roses are beautiful, but can be quite traditional looking, so depends on the planters and their locations imo

Other option is ornamental grasses, but i'm a toyal novice re their growing conditions

In your shoes I would probably do a year (or two) of annuals/bedding plants to see what I like before committing to perennials.

My house is not modern but is white (fresh paint last year) and I just love planting different coloured flowers and foliage because they look so good against the white in the sunshine!

Are the planters deep? If not you could try a bit of an alpine vibe in one of them?

Im a sucker for colour so I’d probably go mad this year with petunias and zinnia and viola etc etc etc