Do these trees need to be the same?

last year

I have a pair of lamp posts on separated by 30 to 40 feet apart in my front yard (flanking a horseshoe driveway entrance).

I had a pair of Sango Kaku Japanese Maples planted as “anchors” near each lamp post (1 tree per lamp post).

Unfortunately, I lost one and it most likely had a lot to do with it being more exposed to winter winds.

The other is growing beautifully and I hate to mess with it. I don’t want to move it and especially now that it’s leafing out.

To fill the void on the other side, I’m considering a flowering dogwood… and even considered replacing the other Sango JM with a flowering dogwood later this fall, to have a matching pair.

However, if I leave the JM and have a single flowering dogwood on the other side, would this seem odd? I like Japanese garden style and I know it’s based on asymmetry. However, the trees would symmetrically be across from each other near the lamp posts.

Thoughts on this? Thanks.

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
last year
Any chance of a picture of the situation?
N K
Original Author
last year
Here’s some pics from various angles.
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N K
Original Author
last year
The Sango Kaku to the right was the one lost (in front of large landscape bed)
laceyvail 6A, WV
last year

They're so far apart I think you could do pretty much anything.
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
last year
Ditto.
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
last year
I might plant several trees, but not a straight row of them. Then you could have, say, two of one kind and three of another. Of course, I am someone who has nine trees in one part of my front yard plus shrubs, so take my advice with a grain of salt. We love trees and all ours are natives.
K Laurence
last year
I think one of each would be fine ….
Kendrah
last year
No symmetry anywhere else in front of your home. I think it would look best to have them be different from each other.
dan1888
last year
You have a very large area to work with. The spaces you've planted are more individual than symmetrical.
N K
Original Author
last year
The large area has been a challenge. I’m still working on this but I keep fighting the urge to be symmetrical. It’s difficult.