LivWell - Uptown
Divine Kush Breath
Livgreen
A-Bay Bay, Apples & Bananas, Bananaghani, Black Amber, FUBAR, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, PAY, Slurricane, Sour Rado, Triangle OG, Woosah, Yuk Mouth
Lucky Monkey Buds
FUBAR, First Class Funk, Grape Gasoline S1
Magnolia Rd
Cherry Hills
Magnolia Road
A-Bay Bay, Apples & Bananas, Black Amber, Bubba Berry, Cherry Hills, Divine Kush Breath, Durban Kush #8, FUBAR, First Class Funk, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, Muffinz Breath #1, Passionfruit, Platinum Kush Breath, Sour Rado, Tart Pops #4, Woosah, Yuk Mouth
Medicine Man
Apples & Bananas, Black Amber, FUBAR, First Class Funk
Mellow Harvest
Durban Kush #8, KPF, SNX, Sueno, Veritas Cookies
Native Roots
A-Bay Bay, Apples & Bananas, Bananaghani, Black Amber, Bordeaux #5, Cherry Diesel, Cherry Hills, Cherry Punch, Cookies N Cream, Divine Kush Breath, Durban Kush #8, El Chivo #4, FUBAR, First Class Funk, Forza San Souci #4, Frozen Dessert, Gelato 41, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, LCS, Marshmallow OG #9, Melonade #8, Muffinz Breath #1, OZ Kush, Orange Acai, PAY, Passionfruit, Peach Crescendo #2, Puzzle Juice, RUN, SNI, SNX, Slurricane, Sour Rado, Street Urchin, Sudz, Super Sour Lemon, Tart Pops #4, Triangle OG, WOF, WRZ, Watermelon Sorbet, Wedding Crasher, Woosah, Yuk Mouth
Nature's Kiss
Bordeaux #5, Cherry Hills, Durban Kush #8, Passionfruit, SNX
Peak North
Black Amber, Durban Kush #8, First Class Funk, Passionfruit, Triangle OG, Yuk Mouth
Police and Thieves
Durban Kush #8, LCS, SNI, Sherb Crasher, Triangle OG
RoadRunner
KPF, SNX, Veritas Cookies
Rocky Mountain
A-Bay Bay, Black Amber, Blueberry Lemonade, FUBAR, SNI, Slurricane, Sour Apple, Sour Rado, Tangidos, Woosah
Rocky Mountain Blaze
A-Bay Bay, Black Amber, Bordeaux #5, FUBAR, First Class Funk, Marshmallow OG #9, PAY, Woosah
Rocky Mountain Cannasol
Apples & Bananas, Cherry Hills, Passionfruit, SNI, Sudz
Rocky Road Remedies
Apples & Bananas, FUBAR, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, Medellin, Puzzle Juice, Sour Rado, Woosah
Roots Rx
Bananaghani, Blueberry Lemonade, Bordeaux #5, Bubba Berry, Cherry Hills, Divine Kush Breath, Durban Kush #8, El Chivo #4, Muffinz Breath #1, Passionfruit, SNX, Sour Apple, Sudz, Tart Pops #4, Triangle OG, Turnt, WOF, Wedding Crasher
SMOKEY'S
Cherry Hills, First Class Funk, Melonade #8, Muffinz Breath #1, SNI, SNX, Street Urchin, WOF, Watermelon Sorbet, Woosah
Skunked
A-Bay Bay, Apples & Bananas, Black Amber, FUBAR, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, Medellin, Sour Rado, Woosah
Solace Meds
Apples & Bananas, Divine Kush Breath, Durban Kush #8, El Chivo #4, First Class Funk, SNI, Slurricane, Street Urchin, Sudz, Yuk Mouth
Spark Dispensary
First Class Funk, Marshmallow OG #9, Sudz, Triangle OG, Wedding Crasher, Yuk Mouth
Standing Akimbo
Bordeaux #5, Cherry Hills, Divine Kush Breath, Durban Kush #8, First Class Funk, Forza San Souci #4, Marshmallow OG #9, Melonade #8, Muffinz Breath #1, OZ Kush, PAY, Passionfruit, SNI, Slurricane, Street Urchin, Sudz, Triangle OG, WOF, Watermelon Sorbet, Woosah, Yuk Mouth
Star Buds
Durban Kush #8, El Chivo #4, Peach Crescendo #2, Peach Kush #2, Slurricane, Triangle OG, Yuk Mouth
Starbuds
Durban Kush #8, El Chivo #4, Peach Crescendo #2, Peach Kush #2, Slurricane, Triangle OG, Yuk Mouth
TGS
A-Bay Bay, Apples & Bananas, Black Amber, Blueberry Lemonade, Bordeaux #5, Cherry Hills, Divine Kush Breath, Durban Kush #8, First Class Funk, Frozen Dessert, Glitter Bomb, Marshmallow OG #9, Muffinz Breath #1, OZ Kush, PAY, Passionfruit, SNI, SNX, Slurricane, Sour Rado, Street Urchin, Sudz, WOF, Woosah
THE GREEN SOLUTION LLC
Apples & Bananas
The 404 Dispensary
A-Bay Bay, Blueberry Lemonade, Cherry Hills, Durban Kush #8, Muffinz Breath #1, Slurricane, Triangle OG
The 64 Store
A-Bay Bay, Black Amber, Fubar, Marshmallow OG #9
The Dispo
A-Bay Bay, Black Amber, Blueberry Lemonade, Cherry Diesel, FUBAR, First Class Funk, Grape Gasoline S1, Marshmallow OG #9, Orange Acai, PAY, Puzzle Juice, SNI, Slurricane, Sour Apple, Sour Rado, Super Sour Lemon, Tangidos, Triangle OG, Turnt, WOF, Woosah
The Underground Station
Cherry Hills, El Chivo #4, Wedding Crasher
Top Crop
Cherry Hills, Durban Kush #8, KPF, SNX, Sueno, Veritas Cookies
Tumbleweed
Apples & Bananas, FUBAR, Marshmallow OG #9, OZ Kush, Passionfruit, Puzzle Juice, SNX, WOF
Twin Peaks
A-Bay Bay, Apples & Bananas, Blueberry Lemonade, Durban Kush #8, El Chivo #4, First Class Funk, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, SNI, Slurricane, Sour Apple
Backstage Grass
First Class Funk, Triangle OG
Best Budz
WOF, Yuk Mouth
Best High
Apples & Bananas, Cherry Hills, Marshmallow OG #9, PAY, Passionfruit, SNX, Slurricane
Blue Heron
A-Bay Bay, Apples & Bananas, Black Amber, Cherry Diesel, FUBAR, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, Medellin, Sour Rado
Bud Board
Cherry Hills, Durban Kush #8, KPF, SNX, Sueno, Veritas Cookies
COS Confidential
First Class Funk, Marshmallow OG #9, OZ Kush, Sudz, Triangle OG, WOF, Wedding Crasher, Yuk Mouth
Canna Cabinet
A-Bay Bay, Apples & Bananas, Bananaghani, Black Amber, Blueberry Lemonade, Durban Kush #8, FUBAR, First Class Funk, Gelato 41, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, Medellin, Orange Acai, PAY, Passionfruit, Puzzle Juice, SNI, SNX, Slurricane, Sour Apple, Sour Rado, Sudz, Super Sour Lemon, Tangidos, Turnt, WOF, WRZ, Watermelon Sorbet, Wedding Crasher, Woosah, Yuk Mouth
Cannabicare
First Class Funk, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, Medellin, Sour Rado, Sudz, WOF
Cherry Peak
A-Bay Bay, Apples & Bananas, Bananaghani, Blueberry Lemonade, Durban Kush #8, El Chivo #4, Frozen Dessert, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, Marshmallow OG #9, Medellin, Muffinz Breath #1, Orange Acai, PAY, SNI, SNX, Slurricane, Sour Apple, Sour Rado, Street Urchin, Sudz, Super Sour Lemon, Tangidos, Turnt
Chronic Therapy
A-Bay Bay, Black Amber, FUBAR, Sour Rado, Woosah
Colorado Harvest Company
Apples & Bananas, Bananaghani, Black Amber, Blueberry Lemonade, Divine Kush Breath, Durban Kush #8, El Chivo #4, FUBAR, First Class Funk, Frozen Dessert, Gelato 41, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, Marshmallow OG #9, Medellin, Melonade #8, Orange Acai, PAY, Passionfruit, Puzzle Juice, SNI, SNX, Sour Apple, Sour Rado, Sudz, Super Sour Lemon, Tangidos, Triangle OG, Turnt, WOF, WRZ, Watermelon Sorbet, Woosah
Dark Matter
Cherry Hills, Durban Kush #8, KPF, SNX, Sueno, Veritas Cookies
Elevated
Melonade #8, Muffinz Breath #1, Passionfruit, SNI, Sudz, Triangle OG, Woosah
Emerald Fields
Black Amber, Cherry Hills, Durban Kush #8, First Class Funk, Marshmallow OG #9, Melonade #8, Muffinz Breath #1, SNI, SNX, Sour Rado, Street Urchin, Sudz, WOF, Watermelon Sorbet, Woosah, Yuk Mouth
Emerald Fields Wash Park
First Class Funk, Street Urchin, Sudz, WOF, Watermelon Sorbet, Woosah
Fiddlers Green
A-Bay Bay, Blueberry Lemonade, SNI, Sour Apple, Turnt
Green World
A-Bay Bay, Black Amber, FUBAR, Sour Rado, Woosah
Green World Express
Peach Kush #2
High Class
Sueno, Veritas Cookies
Kind Care of Colorado
A-Bay Bay, Apples & Bananas, Bananaghani, Black Amber, Durban Kush #8, El Chivo #4, FUBAR, First Class Funk, Glitter Bomb, Grape Gasoline S1, Marshmallow OG #9, Medellin, PAY, Passionfruit, Slurricane, Sour Rado, Street Urchin, Sudz
LA CASA CANNA BIS
Peach Kush #2
LivWell - Central Park
Watermelon Sorbet
LivWell - Commerce City
Bordeaux #5, Divine Kush Breath
LivWell - Cortez
Bordeaux #5, Cherry Hills, Divine Kush Breath
LivWell - Evans
Watermelon Sorbet
LivWell - Federal Heights
Divine Kush Breath
LivWell - Mancos
Cherry Hills
LivWell - Peoria
Watermelon Sorbet
LivWell - Tower Road
Bordeaux #5, Cherry Hills, Divine Kush Breath

June 30, 2022

Works of fire: 9 scorcher cannabis strains of July 4, 2022

David Downs June 28, 2022

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Coast to coast, these buds are hot! (Leafly)

Fact: Americans enjoy more weed freedom and variety than any people in the history of the Earth. Our global competitors? Crazy backward about the pot. 

Ganja’s a $25 billion legal industry and the country’s 5th largest cash crop, with 19 rec legalization states and more on the way. The California market alone boasts a mind-boggling 39,000 types of products. This July, newly legal New Yorkers will put smoke in the air. Floridians can hit a medical dispensary. Legalization polls better than any party or politician, because freedom effing rules.

Put down those M-80s and pick up some zaza—here’s 9 scorching weed strains of Independence Day 2022.

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Red Velvet

Red Velvet. Indica hybrid. (David Downs/Leafly)
Red Velvet. Indica hybrid. (David Downs/Leafly)

We gotta start with the colors. When I think of a hot ‘red’ strain in summer 2022 that’s actually on the market, my mind goes to Red VelvetLemon Cherry Gelato to Pina Acai is pretty on-trend, and top Oakland growers Grandiflora claim it. Our Sunset Connect brand bag had a red hot cinnamon smell to it. There’s a lot of room for more red strains besides Red Dragon and Red Congo.

White Runtz

Sheesh! Umma Sonoma White Runtz. (Courtesy Ummas Sonoma)
Umma Sonoma White Runtz. Indica hybrid effects pair with channel surfing. (Courtesy Ummas Sonoma)

Sheesh, UMMA Sonoma has the world’s best version of White Runtz, one of July’s most hyped strains. Just look at it—it’s literally white with trichomes. As if Runtz wasn’t blingy enough, White Runtz gets even icier than Runtz, which is Zkittlez x Gelato. That means tropical berry syrup over ice cream cookie smells—and yes, weed can do that. Umma grows for the best breeders and brands in the world, including Compound Genetics.

Blue Power

Blue Power cross Apples & Bananas. (David Downs/Leafly)
Blue Power cross Apples & Bananas. Intense indica. (David Downs/Leafly)

Shout out one of Las Vegas’ most impactful creations, Blue Power—powering today’s top flavors like Apples and Bananas from Cookies and Compound Genetics. Sin City Seeds’ Blue Power (Power x White Moonshine) has at least 43 direct offspring, and has spawned nine generations of strains: SinMint Cookies, Animal Mints, Kush Mints, Animal Face, Mint Chocolate Chip and on and on. Put some respect on Sin City’s name.

See also: Fig Farms Blue Face (‘blue’ pheno of Animal Face)

GMO Rootbeer

GMO Rootbeer in the wild. Grown by Snowtill. Indica hybrid. (David Downs/Leafly)
GMO Rootbeer in the wild. Grown by Snowtill. Indica hybrid. (David Downs/Leafly)

We spotted legit root beer-smelling weed in the wild for July 4—the mythical GMO Rootbeer strain. It’s like GMO lent all of its loudness to some root beer terps. Crazy high in THC and sets you down, of course. GMO x Rootbeer is reportedly a project of breeders Skunktek, and Mean Gene from Mendocino (aka Freeborn Selections). It’s been closely held, but it seems ready for a national debut. Root beer remains hella American for the 4th.

See also: Archive Portland MoonBeam, which combines YuckMouth (GMO x Dosidos) x MoonBow.

Miami Punch

Miami Punch. Sativa. (Courtesy Revolution, IL)
Miami Punch. Sativa. (Courtesy Revolution, IL)

Time to get sweaty. Chicago-based Revolution out in the midwest serves up Miami Punch this July 4th—a crowd-pleasing mix of Florida Orange x Purple Punch. The tropical, cream-cake taste precedes energizing, sativa hybrid effects. Terp heads will note the terpinolene, ocimene, and limonene leading the pack. 

Spritzer

Weed that smells like root beer, creamsicles, cake, candy, or permanent markers? All in style for Independence Day 2022. Above, Cannarado Spritzer. (David Downs/Leafly)
Cannarado’s Spritzer gives us life. (David Downs/Leafly)

It’s really important to stay hydrated over the long 4th of July weekend, and that includes periodic hits of Spritzer. The Colorado breeder Cannarado combines RuntzGrape Pie, and MAC—pretty much all the great stuff right now. Peel back layers of candied gas, sugary cereal, and bubblegum funk; the olfactory kaleidoscope never stops turning. This is what even the most the jaded industry folks get excited to smoke. 

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Jack Herer

Freedom fighter: Jack Herer. (Courtesy Rythm, IL)
Freedom fighter: Jack Herer. (Courtesy Rythm, IL)

Illinois, the land of Lincoln, cruises into summer number three of legalization with a classic: Rythm’s award-winning sativa staple Jack Herer. July 4th and the fight for independence lives in every puff of the sweet, energy strain. Activist Jack Herer envisioned radical pot freedom blooming across the land. Dare to dream just as big. 

Landslide #4

The Hunt is over: Landslide #4. (Courtesy Freddys Fuego)
The Hunt is over: Landslide #4. (Courtesy Freddys Fuego)

Washington fire flower growers Freddy’s Fuego democratized exotic pot selection with The Hunt—a collection of fresh flavors smokers can buy and vote on this July. We’re shamelessly lobbying for Landslide #4, a canny cross of Lava Cake x Fleetwood MAC bred by Lit Farms. We voted it terpiest of the bunch during a June field trip. It’s got bright, intense Cake and MAC terps that just sweep you away; probably from the Melonade parentage. Put on some Stevie Nicks and vibe.

See also: Item #9 by Colorado’s Veritas (Kush Mints x Wedding Cake)

Permanent Marker

Doja Pak's Permanent Marker makes its mark. (Courtesy Doja Pak)
Doja Pak’s Permanent Marker makes its mark. (Courtesy Doja Pak)

The writing’s on the wall—Los Angeles indie brand Doja Exclusive dropped Permanent Marker in June on both coasts. Bred and grown by Seed Junky Genetics’ JBeezy and selected by Doja Pak, the strain fuses several well-established cultivars: Biscotti x Jealousy x Sherb Bx. Floral, soapy, candy, and gassy funk smells fully translate into the taste. It has a lingering pungent flavor of a soapy funk with a hint of candy and floral gas tones. The potent strain brings out creativity for daytime relaxation, followed up by the munchies and the urge to roll up some more.


OK, we got an SUV to pack with camping gear, so we’re stopping at these nine. But rest assured, the country is blooming with fragrant, fresh, freedom-blessed trees. So light one up, and take a breath—because far more work on America awaits.

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