Low maintenance potted plants help

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Does anyone have any idea of plants that live well in pots that need little maintenance/watering? My Grandmother past away 3 months ago and I have been visiting her grave weekly with fresh flowers. I have put a couple of potted plants on the grave (rose’s & lavender). However, as I’m only able to water them weekly they are bone dry by the next time I water them. They have lost all their buds and look very limp. It’s really important to my Grandfather that the grave always has flowers on it and I have agreed that I will take care of it for him. I just don’t really know what plants I should be looking at. I know I could get artificial flowers to put on there, but I like the thought of bees, butterflies etc visiting the flowers. My Grandmother would have liked that.

Spider plants. The only thing I can’t kill and I can kill cacti!

Can you plant into the ground directly?

You can get gel thingies, I can recall the name that will help hold moisture if mixed in the soil. Also put a layer of fine gravel as a top dressing that will also hold in water. Plants with thick waxy leaves, like sedums, or furry leaves, like mullein (I think) are be drought resistant. But lavender is good. Larger pots hold more water. The pots need drainage so the plants don't drown but perhaps put them on a shallow saucer to hold water when it's dry.

Lots of garden websites have sections for drought resistant plants.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Geraniums, Verbena, echinacea. Outdoor succulents can be very colourful, and some will flower.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I will go to the garden centre this week and see what they have.

@sashagabadon I have seen a couple of graves in the cemetery with wildflowers on them. However, the ground has not settled yet and we will not be getting a headstone for another 3 - 4 months. So I'm currently trying to balance and place things as neatly as possible. Planting in the ground might be possible next summer when the ground is settled and the headstone is in place.