These are currently my plants in containers, which you can try to plant Schefflera, Yucca, Calamondin, Crassula ovata, Crassula ovata 'Gollum', Cycads,Lantana, Aeoniums, Plumeria.
Except for Plumeria, you can leave these plants outdoors year round, rain or shine. All are drought tolerant, though Calamondin would really love a bit more water for nicer blooms and later on fruits.
If you can find mature sizes of the succulents, then they can easily go into your container. My plants started smaller and have just grown bigger hence fitting in the bigger containers they are now in.
Schefflera
Schefflera abricola
Yucca
Calamondin tree - has nice jasmine like blooms, I grow this for the little fruits, good for juice and marinades.
Crassula ovata
Crassula ovata 'Gollum'
Cycad
Lantana
Aeonium arboreum
Plumeria 'Celadine' - you may have to uproot the plant during winter, let it sleep indoors and bring it out again during Spring. It is dormant anyways during winter time.
Other plants, like hostas and coleus, both will be gone by late Fall to winter, hostas are perennial, so will return in late Spring; while Coleus, you need to get cuttings or get a new plant for Spring.
Hostas are nice too, however I find that in our area, has to be in the shadiest part of our garden, will easily fry in our summer dry heat.
Then it is always a victim of slugs and snails, and by late Fall to winter, it will be an empty container, it will just come back next Spring. I would suggest you get the mini hostas, so it is not too crowded in the container. That was my mistake before..I was just experimenting which hostas will thrive here.
Coleus grows well too in containers, so many cultivars to choose from, but they go kaput during Fall, unless you are able to get cuttings and grow them indoors for next Spring: otherwise, just get another Coleus seedling during Spring:
