What are these plants.

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My mum thinks they're hollyhock but I think the leaves are the wrong shape.
They seeded themselves and grow very quickly they're big and there are three in a small area.

Foxgloves (digitalis)

Foxglove. They are pretty poisonous - get rid (with gloves) if you have kids. Great for bees though.

Lovely foxgloves. Just don’t eat.

Thanks, my mum wanted to let them flower but maybe we'll just pull them out now.

Foxgloves are lovely, don't pull them out. Children are very unlikely to eat them!

They are poisonous, but you should generally be teaching children not to eat unknown plants anyway. There are plenty of other plants in the garden that are poisonous when ingested. Daffodils and lots of other bulb plants, and lots of plants that are skin and eye irritants like euphorbia and some evergreen trees.

Good opportunity for education!

Ridiculous to pull up foxgloves because of children!!!

I’ve akways had both foxgloves and children

How old are your children? Lots of garden plants are poisonous - better imo to teach children never to chew on plants without checking with you rather than trying to remove everything (although we are allotmenteers/occasional foragers, so the kids eat lots of random bits of plant ;-)

(NB Foxgloves are bi-annuals, so the plants you have will set seed this year, then those plants will not flower until the year after next )

No need to pull them up, they are lovely in a woodland garden.your children shouldn't eat plants; there will be other poisonous plants in the garden.

My sons not mobile it was more the dog I was worried about.

foxgloves are lovely and many people pay to have them!

But you must be careful with small children round them, they are VERY poisonous. If you child pulls off a leaf and chews, they will need urgent A&E treatment.

I hadn't realised quite how bad they were until a mn's dd chewed a leaf, and no-one realised. She then vomited and it was only the bits of green on the vomit that set alarm bells off. She was very, very ill.

There are so many plants in gardens that are poisonous to all sorts of animals, not just humans. For example, Lillies are toxic to cats, if they ingest the pollen it can kill them. People still plant them.

Keep the dog and kids away from them as much as possible. I'd be surprised if your dog tried to eat them anyway. Animals are mostly pretty good at knowing what will hurt them plant wise.