Very floriferous, medium, purple-striped, fragrant flowers in August. This is a wonderful specimen plant. Additionally, it is also fragrant. I think that the capstone of this plant is the wide white margin which cuts deeper into the center of the leaf in places. Gracillimus' tends to weep or arch creating a very graceful plant form.
Foliage is a medium green, narrow blades, creating a very fine texture.
Of course, I like very grass I have, otherwise I would not have bought it. What is nice about 'Gracillimus' is that it is big yet very tight, and as mentioned above with a tendency to weep or arch. The plumes are something to wait for. Pictures and descriptions do not give justice to their beauty. Classified as marginally hardy in zone 4a in a six year study by the department of Horticultural Science at the University of Minnesota.