Successful plantations usually purchase plants that have been professionally propagated from root cuttings or seedlings. It spreads by cuttings and seedlings. Plants can be grown from seed and cuttings. Vegetative propagation of plants via cuttings depends on adventitious root formation. Nutmeg trees are dioecious plants which are propagated sexually (seeds) and asexually (cuttings or grafting). Named cultivars are propagated by cuttings or layers grafted on quince rootstock. Phlox can be propagated from stem cuttings. Cacti can be propagated by seed, cuttings or grafting. Plants can be propagated by seed, cuttings, and tissue culture. Moringa can be propagated from seed or cuttings. The tree begins to bear fruit about four years after planting the cuttings. Breadfruit is usually propagated using root cuttings. Rhododendrons can be propagated by air layering or stem cuttings. Propagating plants from cuttings is an ancient form of cloning. It can be propagated via hardwood cutting, softwood cuttings, or seed.