No Alabama statute or Mobile County ordinance restricts native or drought-tolerant planting. You may replace lawn with native Gulf Coast species, pollinator beds, or wildflower meadows freely. Only HOA covenants can require a conventional lawn.
Alabama imposes no limit on landscaping with native plants, and Mobile County has no zoning or landscaping authority over unincorporated yards, so homeowners across the Gulf Coast county may plant longleaf pine, native grasses, palmetto, and pollinator gardens without approval. Native and drought-tolerant landscaping suits the humid climate and reduces the constant battle with invasive kudzu and cogongrass. The one real constraint is contractual: HOA covenants in planned subdivisions can require a turf lawn and restrict meadow-style plantings. The county's narrow weed-abatement power targets nuisance overgrowth, not intentional native beds, so a maintained native landscape is not a weed violation.
None from the county or state for native planting. A neglected planting that becomes nuisance overgrowth could draw weed-abatement notice. HOA covenants may enforce lawn standards through the association.
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