Originated by Rick Goodenough of Massachusetts, this non-registered cultivar is a streaked hybrid of H. ‘Leaping Lipizzan’.

An article by Rick Goodenough in The Hosta Journal (2012 Vol. 43 No. 1) states that, “Pretty too, but in a more striking sense, is ‘Gran Premio’, with its strongly upturned leaf edges. I can hardly wait to see if this intriguing trait will be passed along to its seedlings.”