Definition of "late-flowering" [late-flowering]

• Of plants that bloom during the autumn (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "However, church music, despite a late-flowering interest in organ music, did not figure greatly in his output as a composer."
• "Others see it as late-flowering surrealism, a nod to Buñuel, a situationist skit, a satire on nationalism or a philosophical conceit."
• "Cut Perennials The "Chelsea Chop" in the week of the flower show (or thereabouts) helps to keep the taller, late-flowering perennials from leaning."