Hello Angelsmell, I'm reading all these posts with great interest. Cananga is a native here in northern Australia but I can't seem to find var. fruticosa anywhere but I'm not going to stop trying;). Perhaps I can shed some light from my experience. I tried for ages with seed from exchanges, clubs, trades etc. I was never able to get them to germinate. Tried scarifying, acid treatment, giberrelic acid, even tried feeding some to the chooks (sorry, chickens) to see if they would germinate in the droppings. No good. Finally got on to the bloke who is the head of the seed collection dept. for Queensland parks and wildlife. Turns out that seed is only viable for a very short time. I got some from him and planted it all into a large foam box, put it into my shadehouse and had seedlings on the warmer side of the box in three days. They grew very quickly but being an unnatractive seedling I had a hard time giving them away. Now that they are flowering everyone wants one!! I had no idea how long they would take to flower but was very pleasantly surprised to see flowers early in the second year from seed!! They are now three years old, nearly 20 feet tall and almost constantly covered in flowers. I will harvest my first seed from them this week. We had a cyclone (hurricane) through here about a year ago, it was preceded by three or four weeks of torrential rain which softened the ground around the tree's roots. The canangas were leaning over until they touched the ground in the wind. One was over the washing line so I tied it up using two strong ropes. This tree now grows extremely crooked while the ones I didn't tie up in the cyclone are straight as arrows. I keep meaning to cut the top 10 or 12 feet off it so it will grow straight again but I can't catch it out of flower for long enough. My wife and my neighbours would ban me from the chainsaw if I cut it while it was covered in flowers. I hope this helps a bit, we are pretty troical here and I don't know what your climate is like. Regards, Brendon

Gardino's has some, they may not be mature enough to sell yet but they can add your name to a waiting list and contact you when they're ready. Here is a link that might be useful: Gardino's Nursery in Del Ray Beach, FL

Gardenweb Australia prevents me from posing the name of the webstore I mail-ordered mine due to spam. If you google Cananga odorata v. fruticosa, I'm sure you'll find it. It doesn't appear to be available at this time, though you can put it on your wish list. Fruticosa looks similar to Odorata, and blooms easily even in the 1st year, but no where near the strong fragrance of the CO tree - not even close, but I'm hoping it's just because mine is not fully mature, yet (wishful thinking). Good luck!

Hi maybeamac, I know of one tree on the property at my workplace. It's currently in flower quite heavily, with such a beauitful smell. If you want I will keep an eye out for fruit in the next month or two and send you, or anyone else who is interested some seeds. I am not sure how long after flowering they develop. I hope this can help. Brendan.