It's raining ... so guess the plant time!

Only slightly misleading ...

 

Looks like a Crazy Maysie to me.
But then I am often wrong.

 

is it "liatris"

 

pamdish is right! Liatris Spicata.

I accidentally snapped off the top third of the stem before it formed the flower buds so instead of forming a slender spike of flowers it formed a fist shaped bunch of blooms. I rather like it myself to the usual Maybe I'll purposefully do them all like that next year.

 

biker
yes it does look good,i find it tends to lean like montbretia,i might try the same as well

 

Here is a quick shot of the 'deformed' one with the 'normal' ones Too rainy to go outside to get a closer snap!