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Adjective: late-flowering
  1. Flowering or reaching maturity later in the growing season
    "Chrysanthemums are common late-flowering plants";
    - autumn-flowering, autumn-blooming, fall-flowering [N. Amer], fall-blooming [N. Amer], late-blooming
     
  2. Developing, maturing, or achieving success relatively late
    "He was a late-flowering artist who found success in his fifties";
    - late-blooming

See also: autumnal