late bloom
Slow to flower
A late bloom is a flower that opens toward the end of its plant's growing season, or a plant variety that flowers later than others of its kind.
Figuratively, a late bloom describes someone who develops talents, finds success, or comes into their own later than typical: She was a late bloom who didn't publish her first novel until fifty.
- flowerPlant's reproductive organ
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
- delayedMade to wait longer
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- golden yearsLater life stage
maturity · coming of age · patience · slow burn · growth · flourish · perennial · unexpected · second act · finding oneself · wisdom · old soul · ripening · dormant · awakening · spring forward · frost · garden
- floweringblossom, bud, budding, flower bud, flowering
- Hanamicherry blossoms, sakura, cherry blossom, blossom viewing, flower viewing
- Bloom typescherry blossom, flower bud, blossom, flowering, budding
- reinventionfresh start, starting over, new beginning, clean slate, new chapter
late bloomearly bloomer
One who develops prematurely
precocious · child prodigy · wunderkind · prodigy · ahead of schedule
late, bloom, later, latest, lately, lateness, blooming, bloomed, bloomer