late-blooming

[ leyt-bloo-ming ]

/ ˈleɪtˈblu mɪŋ /

of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.

late in coming about or showing full development: the country's late-blooming interest in soccer.

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First recorded in 1965–70

Had the security service picked her up, they would have determined she was a late-blooming artist of a particularly modern kind.
Sarai Sierra, American Slain in Istanbul, Was an Artist in the Making|Michael Daly|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A late-blooming ratama tree dispensed from its yellow petals a sweet and persistent odour.
Heart of the West|O. Henry
That is a late-blooming rose—indeed, it blooms twice in the season.
A Little Girl in Old Boston|Amanda Millie Douglas
Late-blooming dahlias and asters made spots of starry color in the green.
Maida's Little Shop|Inez Haynes Irwin

He is the late-blooming flower of an almost by-gone time amid the pulsations of a new life.
Introduction to Robert Browning|Hiram Corson
So should he have exhaled the natural fragrance of a late-blooming flower of hereditary honour.
Madame de Mauves|Henry James