Pat's Dream is deemed a hardy fuchsia on the west coast of the pacific northwest. To make your plant fuller it should have been pinched back a couple of times. If you do it now it won't bloom again for another 6-8 weeks as to keeping it over the winter, it will have to be either in a greenhouse or let go dormant, giving it just enough water to stop the root ball from drying out and kept in a frost free place over the winter. Below is a link to the American Fuchsia Society this may be of interest to you. Here is a link that might be useful: American Fuchsia Society

I would root prune the parent plant, a couple of times a year. The first time will be the most difficult. Take a sharp spade, seriously sharp, and insert it into the ground, straight down, in a continuous circle around the plant, as far out as you want to allow volunteers to grow. Go down at least 12", more if possible. This will cut the rhizomes, and should prevent any new shoots outside the circle. If it's self-seeding, you need to cut off the seedheads before they can set seed.

I read the word aggressive twice in this post and wanted to be sure it was stated that Miscanthus Strictus is not aggressive, it is a very defined sized clump forming grass. It concerns me when plants are called aggressive simply because they are grasses. Grasses can seem aggressive when purchased as a 2 ft tall 3 gallon pot and it grows into the 7 ft clump it was destined to be. Miscanthus Strictus (Porcupine grass) will grow between 5 and 9 feet (I've seen it in all these ranges as a mature grass), depending on conditions. Like most perennials, it will die out in the center and not perform as well after some years, hence the possibility of future division. When spacing grasses, look at the mature size...it will reach it within 2 to 3 years, so don't plant according to the pot it came in, but according to tag (or research). As a general rule of thumb, whatever the mature height, give it at least half that in planting space. So an 8 ft grass would need 4 ft of space minimum, more if you want it to appear as a specimen planting. Its a nice miscanthus...enjoy it!

Donn has offered about the best advice regarding your situation. I learned this as I tried both avenues of over wintering grasses. If you were to over winter in an unheated garage you will need to water the plant periodically. Without going into a long diatribe a plant being outside will get moisture from winter snows and or rains. If anyone lives in an area that gets winter temps below freezing they need to water their plants in the winter when there is a winter thaw cycle. Not many realize this and make the statement in the spring they lost plants due to the hard winter freeze. DUH !!! In most cases it called lack of moisture. I must admit it does look rather goofy to see someone watering their lawn, tees, shrubs and grasses in the middle of winter but plants don't really "die", they go dormant. That's what happens to ornamental grasses that are "cool" season and "warm" season grasses. Cool season grasses will turn shades of green brown in the heat of summer but green up in the fall when temps get cooler. Jake