1. late-blooming - Adjective
2. late-blooming - Adjective Satellite
of plants that bloom during the autumn
Source: WordNetlate blooming
Also here: defending champion Madison Keys; top seed Garbiñe Muguruza; No. 3 seed Venus Williams; former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka; late-blooming Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu; and not-quite-as-late-blooming American Danielle Collins. Source: Internet
Both factors bear on whether late-blooming athletes have an advantage as they get older. Source: Internet