Tree Service in Malbis, AL

Tree Service in Malbis starts with a question about the map. Malbis is a community, not a city. It sits at the crossroads of U.S. 90 and Alabama 181, just south of I-10. Parts of it are inside Daphne's city limits, parts are inside Spanish Fort's, and other parcels are in unincorporated Baldwin County. Even mail addresses split between the Daphne (36526) and Spanish Fort (36527) ZIP codes. For tree work, the jurisdiction decides who you would ask about a tree near the road, what any HOA or city process looks like, and who collects yard waste. We check it before we quote.

From plantation to shopping center

Jason Malbis, a former Orthodox monk born in Greece, founded the settlement in 1906 as a Greek colony, first known as the Malbis Plantation. At its height it grew and processed food for Mobile, with a bakery, cannery, dairy, ice plant and farmland. The Malbis Memorial Church still stands, and the Malbis Plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in May 2011. Much of the old colony land was later sold. A 500-acre soybean field became the Eastern Shore Centre, which opened in November 2004.

What that history means for your trees

Farmland that turns into subdivisions often has few old trees. Where houses went up on former fields, most yard trees were planted by builders and owners, and many are still young. That is the age when structural pruning pays off most. Young oaks, maples and elms left alone tend to grow several competing trunks, and those forks are where a mature tree splits in a storm. One pruning visit now to pick a main leader and remove crowded limbs sets the tree up for the next 50 years.

Older trees in Malbis tend to stand along old fence rows and field edges, where they grew long before the houses arrived.

Sally on high ground

Malbis sits on higher ground for the Eastern Shore, at about 200 feet, so standing water is less of a worry than in the bay-front neighborhoods. Wind is a different story. During Hurricane Sally in September 2020, rain gauges in nearby Daphne and Spanish Fort recorded roughly 9 to 12.5 inches, and Baldwin County lost thousands of trees onto power lines. Young, top-heavy trees that were staked too long, or planted too deep, were among the first to blow over in subdivisions. When we look at young trees, we also check the root flare. If the trunk goes straight into the ground like a pole, the tree was likely planted too deep.

Common Malbis jobs

• Structural pruning on young shade trees in newer subdivisions
• Removing builder-planted trees that have outgrown small yards
• Deadwood and clearance pruning on older oaks and pecans
• Stump grinding and cleanup after removals

Call (251) 355-2051 or use the form. Tell us your street, and we will check the jurisdiction before the visit. Get a free estimate