Is this Foxglove?

Yes, it looks exactly like a recently self seeded foxglove.We have about ten of them, all yellowy white like yours.

Yup! They come up all over my garden. I don't ever remember planting them, but they are always welcome.

Many thanks, are they safe to grow in the garden, as I've always thought that they were poisonous?

They are poisonous but only if you eat them. We have gazillions, not planted, just self-seeded. They are lovely. It looks as if you might be lucky and have a white one; purple is the more usual colour.

So many common plants are poisonous my garden at the moment is full of lily of the valley which are poisons too

I'd be very happy for foxgloves to appear in my garden.
The sea wall oposite our house has hundreds of snap dragons currently in bloom in all colours, that have self seeded. The council slray every autumn but the come back, fortunately !

Most plants are toxic to a degree, that's why we only eat certain ones. Even those have some 'toxicity' (plants' defence against being eaten, just as animals have evolved defences against being eaten like running or flying away) but we have dealt with them by breeding more human-friendly versions and by cooking.

MrBags reckons young childrens' natural aversion to green plant food is both natural and sensible, all things considered. I love cabbage now but I hated it when I was a child. I'm sure it didn't taste the same back then. According to MrB that is quite likely.

Slight digression there. As you were

I like Mr. B's green plant theory, it makes sense.

Foxglove contains digitalis which was used to treat heart conditions and yes, too much is toxic. Bees love them.

ninathenana I do wish councils would stop indiscriminate spraying like that. We had toadflax growing in wild spaces and luckily I managed to rescue several plants before the executioners arrived. They now thrive in my little wild, bee garden.

I love foxgloves but they never self seed in our garden. The same with hollyhocks. Aquilegia and peonies on the other hand!

Another foxglove lover here, wish they would seed in our garden. All seeds gratefully received and nurtured.

What about poppies? We have a bit of 'wasteland' at the side of our garden, and last year I just threw poppy bits and pieces there, and I just cannot wait for the show which I hope is going to happen. I also have one of the really big plants which I do not particularly like, but it has four magnificent blooms at the moment, which will be short lived unfortunately. Aquilegia! get the behind me. Very pretty, though.

We save the poppy seeds and scatter them, I really only like the orange ones, but we have a number of the more exotic pink ones, with huge cabbage like foliage.
One in particular grew and looked like the plant in The Little Shop Of Horrors so I got DH to get rid of it a few days ago.It's now residing in the garden waste bin but I have visions of it slithering out in the dead of night!