Climber for Front Porch suggestions

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I've had a trellis put up so I'm good to go with climber suggestions but I'm a bit stumped. Decades ago the home had a purple clematis which like other such things just died but I just can't envisage what to get. Rambling roses are said to offer more blooms than climbing roses - but once the blooms die, come July I understand, it's game over for them.

I don't get what sort of coverage offers the most all the year round. Also, would you grow them out of pots or 'planters' - is that the name for those large 'flowerbeds' in containers that save them growing out of the actual ground. Surely some of these climbers are at risk of dying in snow or heavy frost?

The front garden is south facing so full sun in the morning. Soil tends to clay. It's Surrey.

I attach a colourised photo from back in the day but while I'm not sure about wisteria - someone has it a few doors down and I don't want to copy them - I cannot say what was on the trellis back then.... I thought it was clematis but that doesn't look like it.

Do any rambling roses actually last? In winter do they look like anything much?

Caveat: I’m not an experienced gardener, but I wouldn’t recommend wisteria growing up the side of a house built on clay soil - it can contribute to subsidence issues (I bet someone will shout me down on that 😂 but that was a historic issue at our property)
We have a passion flower vine growing over our porch, but it is quite bare in the winter.

Clematis won't like being in a container in full sun - they like their roots in the shade. Anything long-term is better in the ground really, especially in a sunny spot.

How about a winter-flowering jasmine? Not really a climber as such, more of a scrabbler, but you could tie it in.

Any climber of any size needs to be in the ground. I wouldn’t plant wisteria as they love to grow up and under hung tiles. A repeat flowering climbing rose will give you longer colour than a rambler. Once that is established you could add a late flowering ( prune group 3 ) Clematis.

That may explain why the house a few doors down has wisteria growing from a planter or container, so the roots don't upset the foundations.

Thanks to everyone and @AlwaysGardening - I guess I will go for your suggestion of combining a clematis with a repeat flowering climbing rose, though I understand it's hard to prune both and make it work.

Without starting a new thread, are we generally agreed that now - a heatwave - is not really the time for buying roses and the like?

If you grow a climber and a group 3 Clematis together, they are pruned at the same time, hence the suggestion.

Honeysuckle?

Trachelospermum Jasminoides. Evergreen, very hardy, no pruning required unless it gets too big. Gorgeous red foliage at certain times of the year and the flowers smell heavenly. white is the most usual colour but you can get pink and pale yellow.
I've got one on a timber arch outside my south facing back door and it's planted alongside a rose, Blush Noisette. The rose has been flowering since May and has just finished its first flush and the Jasmine is now taking over until the second flush.

Evergreen honeysuckle. I’ve got one by my front door and the scent is amazing when you step outside