Sterling Haze is produced from a cross of Nirvana's Haze #1 with Northern Light. It is perhaps more widely known as Silver Haze. Sterling Haze is a mostly sativa F1 strain which produces lime green-coloured buds.

Sterling Haze is a tall plant whose Northern Light genes have increased the overall density of the plant's structure as well as its buds. It is not a particularly easy plant to grow