Originated by Dr. Fumio Maekawa of Japan, this non-registered cultivar is a sport of H. montana. This species forms a large size (28 inches high by 78 inches wide), vase-shaped mound of medium green foliage that is deeply veined, moderately wavy with a moderately lobed leaf base. It has open funnel shaped, very pale lavender flowers in July with bracts on the flower scape after the flower opens.
 
According to The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "...differs from H. montana by its narrower flowers petals..."