What benifits for Messy fruit/flower/leaves trees?

defex

I was just wondering what would be the benefit or reason that anyone would want to plant a tree with messy flowers/fruit/leaves. I don't mean any in general but what reasons have you heard of or have you yourself given to a client to choose a particular tree that is messy flower/fruit/leaves wise. If would be best if you could single out a particular tree. Thank you.

S.O.P

Strange question.

Leopard Trees. Jacarandas.

Both have stunning flower displays and people, for some reason, disregard all the mess that go with them. Leopards have the seeds, jacarandas drop all, to most of their leaves and flowers in a thick mess that will block gutters frequently because they are so fine.

People 'love' them. Either from old-school memories or familiar gardening elements or the Jacaranda festival in Grafton. We had a lady who weeped and was physically ill because 'her' Leopard tree pulled up the road and footpath and had to be removed.

That said, I saw a 40 year old Silky Oak removed in full flower because it dropped leaves and dirtied the street. Meanwhile, the residents who were happy to have it removed had a massive Leopard tree in their yard. I assume the native birds weren't happy.

Google the species if you are interested...

Brent Ferris

Mulberry drops a lot of fruit -stains everything, birds poop it everywhere stains more - but is edible, and people look past the mess for the beauty they want.
Crabapple have beautiful bloom in spring, then the lawn is littered with flower petals - sometimes the bloom only lasts 3 days, sometimes 3 weeks; fruit fall is next and if not cleaned up attracts wasps; leave fall is generally heavy. But the benefits? the tree is small - so not in the wires, no danger of falling on the house, easy to maintain, they have a "tree", they are ecologically minded, the fruit is edible (tart) and makes great jelly -- the bigger ones are best -- ; easy to remove when time comes, and often there is sentimental value.
When you want to know why people want a specific tree - put yourself in their shoes, from their perspective - not yours, and brainstorm positively.

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