The shade trees should be placed before you plan for flowering trees. I would make sure to coordinate the evergreens and the shade trees. Depending on how you want the final appearance to be, you can put them fairly close to each other, This is especially helpful when using evergreens that will reach a heighth of say 8-10 feet and your deciduous will be more in the 20 foot range. It would be wise to verify the growing rates as well. You don't what to start with trees at the same heighth if one if going to grow into the way of the other. You can also start with smaller evergreens and taller deciduous.
Flowering trees would be fit in around the shade trees. Generally you will only want to work with a few flowering trees. A regular sized yard would probably only need a few flowering trees. The reason for this is that the flowering trees will often not give the same shade properties as straight shade trees. It is usually better to not pick the version of flowering tree until you have figured out exactly where the trees are going to be placed.
This is because flowering trees can tend to be kind of picky. The amount and color of the flowers will depend quite a bit on the amount of water, when the water was received, how the pruning was done and if and when it was done, and the type of soil.
This last item will be a big part of what type of flowering tree you choose. Gather up some of the soil in the exact area in which you are going to place the tree. You may want to take some of the top and dig down about a foot and take some of that too. Find a good local nursery and call them to find out if they offer soil testing. Usually if they do then they will also be familiar with what trees will work best in the soil type.
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