Acer fabri Vines Joe shared the plant with

Joe shared the plant with Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana

with the cold hardiness and free-flowering nature of Camellia fraterna

watched the first flowers open

water-wise tree with real character

Acer fabri Vines Joe shared the plant withAcer 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