A reliable plant for semi shade to plant in pots at this time of year

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I have two concrete decorative pots, possibly about 12 inches high or so by a bit wider

At the moment I am cultivating some weeds with pink flowers in them but they're starting to look scraggy. So I will pull these out but what can I put in them that will keep going, without too much TLC until autumn.

Bonus points if they can come back next year

Busy Lizzies.

Hostas

Perhaps pelargoniums Which can withstand dry conditions as that is quite a small size tubs.

Fuchsia

Ah, perhaps it would have been more helpful for me to say.....

I dont like hostas or fucshia and we already have some pelagoniums and bizzie lizzies

Last year I found something called coleous or coleus, not sure how to spell it, can I plant that now or is it too late? I know thats only a year thing

Some salvia's can tolerate partial shade & are perennials.

Salvia is a good idea

Aeoniums.

I can never seem to kill our geraniums and they come up every year.

Our local nursery has some tubs out front, mostly perennials including geranium Roseanne.

Another thing I've seen doing well in a shady planter is brunnera 'Alexander's Great' - gorgeous leaves and the ones I saw flowered over a long period not just spring. I
They're on my wish list.

Plants for dry shade for your pots I'd use Japanese anemones this year. Or as a PP suggested, a hardy geranium.

I tried Japanese anemone in a large pot during covid when all I had to fill them was what I could dig from my garden (why it only occurred to me to buy seeds online and not plants I really don't know!) ... however, while it was ok that year it didn't flourish longer term. Probably got too dry at times.

Hydrangea if pots are large

I have planted various “shade tolerant” salvias and have to say, they aren’t especially happy.