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What plant is this?

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Question12345 · 08/06/2025 22:44

Hi, can anyone tell me what plant this is please? I was given it as a gift by one of my neighbours for free and we planted them, the leaves are getting big, they are a little furry/fuzzy and looks like one of them has a stem with buds in it. Looking closely I can see the word fox on the label but what plant is this exactly? When looking online at plants with fox I get foxglove, Is it dangerous in anyway?
(The pic is before I planted them in the group)

What plant is this?
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Agapornis · 08/06/2025 22:53

Yeah looks like it might be foxgloves. A close up of the leaves/potential flower stalk will help.
It's safe to touch, but not to eat/ingest. Don't poke your finger in its (lovely) flowers and then lick it, or have it as salad. But presumably you wouldn't anyway. Much like you wouldn't eat soap.

Question12345 · 09/06/2025 10:58

@Agapornis thank you for your response
here is how it’s looking now, I’m not sure what type this is I thought they got really tall before flowering but maybe I’m wrong. I’m sure our flower bed will look lovely with these but will be cautious with them.

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Agapornis · 09/06/2025 11:41

Yes, that's a foxglove. It will indeed get taller, because the stalk keeps growing as the flowers open up. They open up one by one from the bottom. They're very beautiful and do well in most places, from full shade to full sun.

I wouldn't worry about it unless you have particularly stupid pets that eat absolutely every plant :) If you have kids, just warn them not to put their fingers in the flowers (that's what my mum did), or plant them at the back if they're too young to understand.

Question12345 · 09/06/2025 12:11

@Agapornis thank you so much for your help, we don’t have pets but I will tell my dd not to touch or sniff them.
thank you

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Poynsettia · 09/06/2025 16:30

Could it be mullein?

Agapornis · 09/06/2025 16:42

Mullein is furrier and thicker - like a lamb's ear. It also doesn't have the triangular pointy little leaves in between flower buds on the flower spike.

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