Landscaping dilemma
I’m picking up from where I left off last year refreshing the landscaping around my house. I’ve got it figured out with shrubs, but I’m having some difficulty with the trees I want to plant.
Basically, there’s 3 trees that I’m working with: Limelight Hydrangea (already planted; pic 1) Flamethrower Eastern Redbud (purchased; pic 2), Waterfall Japanese Maple (not purchased; pic 3).
The 3 open spots I have are: by my lamppost (all-day sun; pic 4), front of peninsula (late afternoon shade; pic 1), back of peninsula (late afternoon sun; pic 1)
The initial idea that I had was to transplant the hydrangea to the back of the peninsula, plant the flamethrower in its place, and then plant the Japanese maple by the lamppost. My two concerns with that are killing the hydrangea during transplant and the Japanese maple getting sun scorched.
So then the second idea was to leave the hydrangea, and still plant the Japanese maple by the lamppost. But then I’d have to return the flamethrower, which is what I was most excited about having.
The third idea was to ditch the Japanese maple, put the hydrangea by the lamppost, and put the flamethrower in its spot. This would save money, but again the concern would be transplanting.
Any suggestions or new ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.