"have there been any reports of plants with yellow petals instead of white?" The only 'yellow' petalled Galanthus are showing the colour of the anthers inside "has anybody tried selfing the yellow flowered cultivars in an effort to bring out other recessive genes " Joe Sharman from Monksilver Nursery here in the UK is dabbling with the yellow genes. I'll be seeing him next Friday and ask him. John Grimshaw may now more. Mark