It was suggested I plant these at the front of the house also, ( on the opposite side of the front entrance from the Mugo pine vs. Little Giant cedar area) with some of the daylilies I bought, plus the mock orange I bought.

Aren't the Hetz Midget almost exactly like the Little Giant??

Any comments or experience with these?

( I hope the expert isn't reading these posts. If so, I don't mean to undermine your expertise, I just want more info and opinions from my main source of information - awesome people on this forum )

Monrovia.com said Hetz midget is "Small evergreen shrub has dense, globe shaped growth habit. Rich green needles are arranged in flat layered sprays. grows 3 to 4 feet high and wide"

The same site mentioned about Little Giant: "Small, globe-shaped evergreen shrub. A very versatile and useful plant." and also said up to 4 feet high.

I believe I have hetz Midget at the side of the house and it's grows slow but steady, more like 2 feet high after 10 years.

Another sort of neat one is 'rheingold' which has golden foliage. It gets a bit bigger, according to one site anyway, up to 5 feet (though could be maintained at a certain height with annual trimming).

Where it mentions heights I would take that with a grain of salt - or research multiple sites to get a better idea (average) of the height/width.

Glen

I guess if you've had them for 10 years, there can't be much of a problem with them or you would have gotten rid of them.

I'll have to look for larger ones though. I don't want to wait 10 years =:)