Is this Foxglove?

[Maggiethecat]

I thought I had a beautiful yellow flowering cowslip in this spot, from what came up last year.
However this is looking like foxglove?
Can’t recall planting foxglove because I have a cat who likes being in the garden.

Yes definitely foxgloves.

Yes, it self seeds

Yes, it’s a foxglove. I’ve got quite a lot, they self seed. They’re a very common native plant, your cat is bound to come across them elsewhere in her travels - she’s really not going to be harmed by it.

Still don’t know how it got here though 🤔. On the wind?

Wondering if I should dig it out. It looks it will be pretty but it’s quite big and is at the front of the patch blocking out other stuff and because of the cat.

The cat doesn’t really go beyond our garden.

She may not eat it but wonder if it’s toxic if she brushes past it as she likes being in that part of the garden.

My cats and my foxgloves co-exist quite happily. Never known a cat to take the slightest interest in them. If cats are going to nibble anything, it tends to be stuff with grassy leaves anyway.

The thing you need to worry about with cats is lilies. Lily pollen is seriously toxic to cats, and the danger is if they brush past, get the pollen on their fur and ingest it when they wash themselves.

Yes, she does munch on grass.

I’ll leave the plant for now and once they’re all flowered properly can decide what I want to do with.

Bees love foxgloves, so let it flower, and dispose of afterwards if you don't want it to seed. I, e loads of foxgloves, and had several dogs, absolutely no problems, they’ve never tried to nibble them.

Will do!

This plant will produce seed and then die. Foxgloves are biennial, so the seed will form plants next year, flower the following, they will come up in random places each time.

Have a look at some photos of seedlings so you can ID any you may get in future years. They transplant well if you do want to keep them but they’re in the wrong place.