At least in northern Virginia it sprouted shoots all spring and summer and it was not in a wet/non draining area or an area we ever watered.
Maybe different species have different growing characteristics but the one we had was awful and constantly was trying to creep from the side of the back yard into the main lawn area.
I could see it being a lot harder to contain in the south. I'm in a dry area in California and it won't grow where I don't water.
There are definitely different species of bamboo. The two main categories are running and clumping. Running bamboo is the hardest to contain, with rhizomes that travel long distances. Clumping bamboo spreads slowly.
