Chelle, my neighbor had one, and it left a HUGE mess every year with those tiny little leaves. I think they are beautiful, but would never plant one. It took me ages to clean up the leaves from the neighbors tree every year. I think if they were far away from the house, where you didn't care about the mess, they wouldn't be so bad. But, those little leaves do blow everywhere.
And then there are the pods. If the wind blew toward my house, which was often, my entire backyard would be covered with the pods from the neighbors tree. It was a nightmare that lasted for months.
