late flowering
/leɪt ˈflaʊərɪŋ/
adjective
- Producing flowers later in the growing season than is typical for its kind.
- The late-flowering cherry tree blooms in May, long after other cherries have finished.
- Gardeners often choose late-flowering plants to keep color in their yards through autumn.
- This late-flowering shrub provides nectar for bees when other food sources are scarce.
- Developing or becoming active later than expected or usual.
- His late-flowering interest in astronomy led him to buy a telescope at age seventy.
- She had a late-flowering romance that began during her retirement years.
- The company's late-flowering innovation saved it from bankruptcy.
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