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Tree/shrub placement

I'm replanting my front yard after major house repairs. I keep finding 6-10 foot tall shrubs that I like but don't know where to put them in my front yard. I'd also like to plant one or two small trees. I admit I tend to have more of an everchanging garden than a planned landscape, but I'd like to have decent placement of the "bones." I have to work around a sewer line, french drain line, gas main and water main as shown on the plot plan (where existing hardscape is cross-hatched and the sides of the squares are one foot). The palms have to stay because they are city trees. The wisteria is probably placed badly but is gorgeous in bloom so it stays. The rocks on the slope are easily moved. I do have rather columnar camellias planted on each side of the arched window - they were in one gallon pots so will take a few years to reach full size (10-12 feet). I also don't want to block the view while backing down the last part of the driveway. We're in a drought so most of the area between plants will be bark or wood chip mulch, not green ground cover. Any tree/shrub placement suggestions would be greatly appreciated.




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