[maryinoregon]

I'm no expert on strawberries, but I leave them in the ground year round. And it freezes here in the winter too, but not deeply. It doesn't often get lower than 30 F. I'm not sure what the local farmers do.

Have you called the Cooperative Extension Service and asked them about favored varieties for Houston, or maybe gone to a good garden store? But maybe it isn't cost efficient to offer plants.

I wouldn't blame you if you yank all the strawberries and plant something else. Good luck whatever you decide.

Strawberries almost anywhere they grow them, pick them yourself for maybe $5.00 a bucket. Prices may have gone up for this year. I'll know in a few months.