Bluebonnets

About a week ago, I planted bluebonnet seeds in a sunny strip along the fence in the backyard.

I used seeds from Native American Seed company. The pack cost about 20 bucks, and the label stated it was enough seed for 50-100 square feet. I had read that it's a good idea to get seeds inoculated with rhizobium. As I understand it, rhizobium helps the seed fix nitrogen from the air, helping the plant grow. When I emailed them, Native American Seed told me their seeds aren't inoculated:

Our Bluebonnets have not been inoculated or scarified.  We sell them just how The bluebonnets go to seed in the wild.

I don't really know what to make of that, so I just decided not to worry about inoculation.

I started by weed whacking the planting area down to the dirt. Then I tossed the seeds out over my area. I stomped my feet up and down the area to push the seeds into the dirt. And finally, I hung some twine (barely visible in the photo) to indicate to our yard guy not to mow there.

Here's the before photo, taken from our porch. In the spring I'll post the after photo. The area is definitely larger than the 100 square feet on the label, but I hope the flowers come in well from my top-notch planting job.

Bluebonnet seeds are planted in the dirt strip on the left.

EDIT March 2017: Here's an updated on my planting: http://eastaustingardener.blogspot.com/2017/03/bluebonnets-in-bloom-and-in-seed.html