Online sources trace its beginnings to the 1970s, when Santa Cruz breeders known as the Haze Brothers cultivated Sativa seeds from friend. Fellow grower and neighbor David Watson, also known as Sam the Skunkman.

The brothers combined a landrace Mexican Sativa with a landrace Colombian strain. From there, the best females were select and then cross with a southern Indian landrace strain. Finally, the brothers crossed the resulting hybrid with a Thai landrace male to create what’s known as Haze.

Sam the Skunkman took several of the brothers’ Haze seeds to the Netherlands. Where he sold the genetics under the name Cultivator’s Choice. Breeders loved the strain’s uplifting qualities. Stability so much that it soon became the genetic backbone for many famous phenotypes and hybrids, including Neville’s Haze, Amnesia Haze, Purple Haze, and many more cultivars that won Cannabis Cups.

Neville’s Haze is a Sativa-dominant hybrid, name after Dutch breeder Neville Schoenmakers. The strain originates with two Haze phenotypes, Haze A and Haze C, which Schoenmakers reportedly obtained from the Haze brothers. Schoenmakers crossed Haze A with Northern Lights #5. The resulting hybrid, one of Schoenmakers most successful creations, would be cross with the Haze C to create Neville’s Haze. Winner of first place in the seeds category at the 1998 High Times Cannabis Cup, Neville’s Haze is now carry by both Mr. Nice Seeds and Green House Seed Company.