The UK elderflower supply chain for food and drink processing remains reliant on wild collection presenting potential future supply insecurities & logistical, traceability & scalability challenges. Knowledge is therefore required to set up productive commercial UK cultivation. There is little data available on the performance of commercial European elder (Sambucus nigra) selections for flower yield and pick efficiency & no data on yield in UK growing conditions. A randomised complete block design field trial was used to compare fresh flower yield (measured as fresh flower weight, count & diameter) in a range of named selections for the first time as well as comparison to a local wild selection. Yield data was analysed in trees approaching productive maturity. Only low input management was applied, acknowledging market need and commercial viability, which included grass mowing, wood chip mulch for weed control & white clover cover crop in rows, with no irrigation or application of fertiliser. Annual selective pruning of half of each experimental block was applied, every other year, 3 years after planting and establishment. Three top yielding selections were identified that consistently had the best fresh flower yield in terms of all three yield metrics and a further three selections were identified as favourable, in terms of fresh weight yield and pick efficiency, giving six favourable selections to take into farm trials, and demonstrating that it is likely worthwhile using specific selections rather than relying on local wild types (which consistently were shown to yield significantly lower for all yield metrics).