We had a peach tree several years ago, and it had the sweetest, juciest peaches I’ve ever tasted, but I hated that tree every year before the summer was over, because I was a slave to it every evening during the growing season. It was a prolific producer! Couldn’t wait for the first few peaches to ripen; after a few weeks, couldn’t wait for the last ones to get ripe and fall off after the birds got finished with them. LOL
I know how you feel! They get messy after the first bunch are
ripened and you are tired of fooling with them.
I prefer just leafy trees. We have mulberry...and they make
great shade out here where it’s so hot. Our St. Augustine
grass grows well under them, too, and it feels good underfoot!