I was in Houston once for your famous 95/95 weather...NEVER, EVER again.It builds character and makes me a stronger person!
The thing is, I grew up just on the other side of Half Moon Bay, CA. I know what good pumpkin-growin' weather looks like. God saw fit to send me to TX and marry a nice TX girl, so I don't complain about the 4 months of the year I cannot go outside.
It's a tradeoff: my tomatoes and sunflowers never thrived in the cold mists of upper San Mateo. Here, they are both taller than me right now. I did not know that tomatoes could grow to 7 feet and sunflowers to 15. Also, I can afford to buy a house here, and legally defend myself and loved ones from bad people with cool firearms.
That weather would kill me; so I'll have to pass. :-)
Do you have any roses? If you do, do you have to constantly wage war against black spot? What side of Houston?