Sun: Full
Moisture: Dry to medium
Height: 1.5'
Bloom Time: Aug-Sep
Bloom Color: Purple
Genotype: Ypsilanti Township.
 
This low grass of sunny sandy areas creates a magical ground-fog of purple in the fall garden. Good for borders or for naturalizing in a large open area. The loose, airy seedheads create break-off tumbleweeds that, given a good fall wind, go flying through the air. The loose seedheads also tend to creep up pantlegs and, in days gone by, petticoats, hence this grass's onetime name "Petticoat Climber."