Acer fabri Vines and the whole small genus

and the whole small genus contains only two species: this southeastern American climber and a single counterpart

where the stiff

water-wise tree with real character

fast and adaptable

Joe shared the plant with Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana

Acer fabri Vines and the whole small genusAcer fabri, known as Faber's maple or emerald jade maple, is a small evergreen to semi evergreen tree of rounded habit whose slender, prominently veined, pointed leaves are entirely unlobed; few would guess the plant for a maple until the winged seeds appear. The new growth flushes a fine copper red, and the samaras ripen red as well before fading to brownish yellow in late summer, so the tree carries color without depending on the usual autumn