This cultivar is a cross of the species H. ventricosa x H. 'Invincible' which was registered in 1993 by Mary Chastain of Lakeside Acres Nursery in Tennessee. It forms a medium size mound about a foot tall with a spread of 30 inches. The leaves are shiny, moderately wavy, broadly ovate in shape with a very shiny underside. bell-shaped purple flowers bloom in July.

According to The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "...can be thought of as a small version of H. ventricosa."