"TheGardener" wrote in message
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I'm not sure what you mean by messy, Janet. If you mean the shape, then
no,
it's a really beautiful shape. If you mean the falling leaves in autumn,
then it's no more messy than any other deciduous tree.

There are deciduous trees which are messier than others. The ash which
leans over into my drive (a beautiful tree) is about to shed a huge pile of
seeds into the drive. Within a few weeks of my clearing that, it will start
shedding its leaves.

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Franz