Jason Pope wrote in message ...

It grows on rhizomes and they can travel for quite a difference before a
new bamboo shoot pops up!

It is a clumping variety though and as long as it's kept well watered
you shouldn't have any trouble,........it puts the rhizomes out to find
water!!

WHAT??? It is a vigorous runner that can be controlled by limiting
water, but the more you water it the more it will run. The rhizomes
run to help spread the plant not look for water. There are varieties
of Phyllostachys that can run a distance without putting up a culm,
but Phyllostachys Aurea puts out fairly dense growth.

Clumping bamboo will spread only a few inches a year.

Chris
Chino,CA