plant identification please

Greetings:  

This past weekend we took a ride and saw a place which had the most fabulous
tall red red flowers on a plant that looked something like a corn stalk.

This is still in zone 5, New York State.

Can anyone guess what this might be?  It was so wonderful to see something
blooming so late in the season.

Also, does anyone know what would have attacked my veronica, so that
beautiful green plants wilted and never blossomed?  The same thing happened
with asters, in a different location.  Are these just prone to disease?

Isabelle Hayes

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