Is holiday stress setting in yet? Well, here’s something that’ll deck your halls — yeah, it’s silver, but this tree is tougher than tinsel.
This Super Silver Haze hails from Hazy Valley Horticulture in Eugene. At HVH, the crew is honing their sights on cultivars with longer flowering periods (more specifically, sativas) like this Haze cross. It’s a hybrid on paper, thanks to the balanced background that (according to the original breeders) includes “25% Skunk and 25% Northern Lights.” However, the Haze characteristics that compose the remaining half of this lineage flourish in this flower, from form to function.
The HVH team tells us that this cut came from a secret source but hails back to the legendary Shantibaba Seeds, where Scott Blakey (aka Shantibaba) and Nevil Schoenmakers concocted this multi-cup-winning cultivar back in the mid-to-late ’90s. HVH has nurtured Super Silver Haze for about six years at their location, perfecting that potent effect and flavor.
Super Silver Haze offers a profile and punch that isn’t easily forgotten. But if you’re new to this classic cultivar, its scent is best described as “cleaning day in a log cabin candy store.” It’s fresh. It’s citrusy. It’s woody. It’s sweet. The combination provides a pleasantly uplifting smell and taste experience.
As the first exhale escapes, pine plays a bigger role on the palate and drives the instantly cerebral hit. It’s the type that can trick you into a stoney situation if you find yourself staring into the abyss — or offer the fanatic focus of tunnel vision, should you harness its Super Silver power through the Haze.
This article was originally published in the December 2024 issue of Oregon Leaf.
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