.I like to keep plants small due to keeping a sort of SOG profile in my flowering cabinet.
I experimented w/ different strains and the winner from me has to be Violator Kush from Barneys Farm.,.,I root a clone let it veg for 2 weeks and then flower. The ones that I didnt top are 14 inches tall and basically dense, frosted bud from the soil to the top. Sounds like what you are looking for. These plants get SUPER dense tops, mine had to all be staked before they tipped over at 6 weeks of flowering.
I kinda chuckled when I read that in the BF website description of the strain, but it's no bullshit; they are that dense. I couldnt be happier w/ the VK, my favorite stain in my grow.