Chris Bowers & Sons Reviews 

The range of fruit trees available was very good. The price was very reasonable. The trees arrived on time, well packed with straw wrapped around to protect them. They look in good shape. Fingers crossed that the fruit will be as good!

Ordered 4 flowering cherry trees. Delivery was very poor as dumped at the side of the road, no attempt at actual delivery to our house. This is despite very expensive delivery costs. Freezing conditions and pitch black. When unpacked found 4 bushes instead of trees, very disappointed and no reply to my comments but at least I received something so considered myself lucky given some of the reviews.

Fuss free delivery thank you - my pear & plum trees arrived safely in good time and well packed using sustainable materials. I ordered 2 apple trees last year and they have established well. Helpful advice expert provided, great selection of tree varieties, and an easy to navigate website.

I have just bought two potted Brandt grape vines
They were well packed for delivery and looked healthy
I am confident that they will grow well
If not gamma will tell me what's wrong???

I was very impressed by the quality of our vine and excellent customer service. Terrific company - delighted with them. John

Fantastic quality, unusual ' heritage' varieties, fast delivery, beautifully packed. Brilliant. Top top goods.

I ordered a 'Misty' Blueberry to plant with the ashes of my dog Misty. It arrived in very good time, perfectly wrapped in straw for protection and and thick recyclable bag. Good size and great quality.

They even followed up with a personal email to ask if I needed any advice about planting etc. and could contact them any time for help. Brilliant service thanks!!

Great selection fruit trees and soft fruits, with good variety of rootstocks. Website has advice pages for selecting rootstocks and planting. I placed an order for 10 of fruit trees (cherry, pears, apples) which arrived very well packaged and undamaged. All the trees appear to be healthy and were planted - we shall see what happens in the spring of 2026! BUT BUT - I only received 9 trees i.e. 1 missing. It is impossible to get a response from customer service (phone or email) despite trying multiple times. I am out of pocket now.

I am very pleased with my bare root apple tree which although receipt was delayed by the courier due to Storm Goretti by a day or so, it had been so well packaged the roots had not dried out and nor was there any damage to the actual tree. Good coms from the courier keeping me updated and delivered at time and date they said. Will certainly be a return customer when next looking to buy fruit trees or bushes. Even received an email from Bowers checking I had received delivery and asking if all was well it.

Very poor. Tree never arrived. They didn’t answer emails or phone. PayPal refunded. Don’t buy from them!

Ordered 5 fruit trees they arrived in good time and were well packed. The reason I used Chris Bowers is they have a good catalog of fruit on lots of different rootstocks which is most important when planting trees. Fingers crossed they all come to life in the spring.

Very honest and trustworthy seller. I have received my order quickly and very well packed.

The web site says that the gooseberry plants are "Supplied as: 2 litre pot grown year round". When they arrived, they were bareroot rather than in pots.

When I raised this with them they were dismissive. Its a problem for me as my sites aren't quite ready yet so I wanted a few weeks leeway in pots prior to planting. DIssappointing that they can't be clearer about this on their site so I could adjust accordingly.

Ordered a plum tree - it came with what appears to be crown gall or some sort of infection. Emailed the company about it but they were dismissive and said that its "not a problem" even though it is, also extremely extremely rude, have never seen anyone respond like that before. not buying there again. there are other places with better service

9 beautiful fruit trees delivered today as advised, and I only ordered them on 6th December! All good sized plants with washed root system, well packed in straw and heavy paper sacks. Now potted up and awaiting spring growth before planting in orchard. Many thanks to Chris Bowers!

I ordered two trees in the first week of November. In the order confirmation it was said it would likely take 7 days, but perhaps up to 28, due to it being busy season for trees. Fine, happy to wait. The 7 days pass, then two weeks, and then four, without updates from the company, from the courier, nor did the trees arrive.

I sent an email on that 28th day to ask for an ETA on my order, and four days later, had not received a response. I'm going through the bank with a dispute now to get my money back, as I am not expecting to ever hear from the company again. Unfortunate, I was happy to support a family business.
I should have checked the reviews here first, seems I wasn't the only one.

My advice is to stay away and find somewhere else. A little extra on the price is worth it, if the order actually arrives as promised.

I ordered a fan trained peach tree and a very lovely bare rooted young tree arrived a couple of weeks later. The tree was in good condition and was well shaped. A good service and a nice tree.

Healthy trees, well developed.So far purchased 14 trees this year, dwarf, super column and standard. Large varieties and rootstocks. Excellent customer service. Well packaged.Highly recommended.

I like this company and am happy with the trees. I gave only four stars because the delivery was slow and I was given three different delivery dates, with no time slot. I had to stay in for three days which was annoying. This was, it seems, entirely the fault of the delivery APS and not Chris Bowers who were helpful and good with communication.