Her own short front yard was a riot of late-blooming flowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Dreams May Come]

When I got back to our yard, I noticed two late-blooming roses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference

Malcolm Gladwell's latest discusses late-blooming artistic geniuses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Headlines of the day] Reference

His mother, Ellen, had planted the late-blooming rosebush by the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragonfly in Amber]

We are as un-boomer as you get - we just have, uh, "late-blooming" parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin — not one Baby Boomer.] Reference

Someone had even thought of placing some late-blooming wildflowers in a pewter cup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons Of A Vanished Moon]

Allegra took us on a tour of her gardens, where a few late-blooming blossoms lingered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

Took us long enough, I guess, but aren't late-blooming plants vastly more entertaining?.    From Wordnik.com.  [pears and bananas] Reference

Here's where the last of the late-blooming arnica are attracting nectar-starved bees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rich Wolf: Looking For Fall in All the High Places (PHOTOS)] Reference

It was a warm breeze, carrying with it the fragrance of late-blooming autumn wildflowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]

The late-blooming, big-serving Australian has matched his best previous Grand Slam showing.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - To Russia, without love] Reference

Along the fence, rows of late-blooming flowers and tall, scattered weeds fought for control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warrior's Baby]

Living Things makes clear that Porter is an Easter lily in the field of late-blooming poets.    From Wordnik.com.  [2007 March 28 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference

This scenario does not connote a late-blooming affection for McCain among the party faithful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Novak: McCain The New Favorite For The Nomination] Reference

She was someone who would go for a hike and stop to savor the scarlet of a late-blooming flower.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Circus of Hells]

But this late-blooming story did not raise itself to the enjoyment levels of the first two books.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: The Exile Kiss by George Alec Effinger] Reference

Same stuff- how some people got fat, bald, or fat and bald; a couple of late-blooming swans, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back to School « Whatever] Reference

Lying on the doorsill she found some fragrant spikes of late-blooming orchis tied with a grass blade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference

Chris Evert and Martina Hingis each had five, and the late-blooming Martina Navratilova had just one.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Commentary: Serena leaving mark on tennis history] Reference

A late-blooming love, perhaps, but a love as vast as any other mother's, a love that caught up quickly.    From Wordnik.com.  [An uncomfortable Truth] Reference

The animated, late-blooming Dutchman will play 2002 runner-up Juan Carlos Ferrero for the title Sunday.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Late bloomer Verkerk plays Ferrero for French title] Reference

Stephen had stripped off the fireman's uniform and was dressed again as a late-blooming college student.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coffin Dancer]

It would be hard to find a more congenial twosome than late-blooming lilacs and early - blooming peonies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suzy Bales: Blooming Buddies: Lilacs and Peonies] Reference

A former Navy Seal, a software designer, a late-blooming high school dropout, a dancer with published poetry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why elites do belong on the Supreme Court] Reference

The most overlooked of all are the late-blooming, 40-ish artists who are only now coming into their own style.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference

We walked slowly so that I could keep an eye out for late-blooming eglantine and teasel heads, chatting casually.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference

Consider the timing of Mitt Romney's flips: are they evidence of late-blooming enlightenment or political calculation?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Rubens: Why Romney Should Repulse NH Republicans] Reference

• Director/chauffer Jon Favreau and late-blooming action hero Robert Downey Jr. are on board for the Iron Man sequel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollywood Wrap Up: George W. Bush Walks into a Bar...: Vanity Fair] Reference

Gilthas had thought her beautiful when he'd first met her, but her beauty had a frost upon it, as a late-blooming rose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons Of A Vanished Moon]

His Consolation of Philosophy was unremarked in its own time and a late-blooming best-seller three hundred years later.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference

Now that I've been blessed to be a late-blooming homemaker, this early morning ritual is one of the highlights of our day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women at Home Save Men's Lives] Reference

His eyes darted to the windows where the rain was coming down hard, driving dead leaves and late-blooming roses into the earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeds of Yesterday]

It wasn't until halfway through the book that he even knew something bizarre was going on, making him more a late-blooming hero.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust] Reference

Despite Derian's own turns tending the family kitchen garden, Derian had never considered the significance of late-blooming roses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference

At 25 and yet to have his first major league at-bat, you hope for, but don’t expect to catch late-blooming lightning in a bottle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nationals making moves for 2012] Reference

And the late-blooming wildflowers were dissipating the gloominess of the surroundings and turning our work into a more pleasant endeavor.    From Wordnik.com.  [An afternoon in an old Jewish cemetery in Istanbul] Reference

For others, call it morning-after sobriety or late-blooming prudence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Headlines] Reference

Batsmen Neil Broom and Peter Ingram join late-blooming pace bowler Andy McKay in the 13-man party.    From Wordnik.com.  [ECB Latest News] Reference