This H. 'Sieboldiana' seedling was developed by Henry Ross and registered in the name of his Gardenview Horticultural Park at Strongsville, Ohio in 1981. Typical of its type, this plant forms a large size (22 inches high) mound of heavily corrugated foliage with a thick substance.

According to The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "This is another instance where an apostrophe would have been appropriate in the name (i.e.' witches' Brew') but it has been listed without it for so long that it should remain so."