These are the only "red" that seem to be around. They have a yellow center but are called red or scarlet. You may already have these since they're the tropical butterfly weed.

Swallowtail Gardens has it (linked) and "Butterfly Encounters" that came up on google.

http://www.butterflyencounters.com/store/products.php

Here is a link that might be useful: Red Butterfly Weed

Thanks newbie. I like those too, but I really want the perennial ones called Asclepias Tuberosa. I know there are red versions of this one because I've seen them in a lady's yard. I might stop and ask her where she got them. Thanks!

I don't have a red tuberosa, but I do cut my orange back when it's done blooming. It usually blooms again several times.

When I worked at the garden store, our plugs were just asclepias tuberosa. They mostly bloomed orange, but every once in a while there was a red one. Unfortunately, I didn't think far enough ahead to know that years later I would want one and not be able to find one.

I have had good luck finding tuberosa in 3" pots at very cheap prices in the herb section instead of the perennial section. I usually buy a few each year in the hopes that one will be red. At $2 a pop, it's worth the chance.

Good luck in finding one! And if you do, let me know!

Oh, wow, a true red Asclepias Tuberosa must be a stunner. I didn't know they existed. Let us know if you ever find one. Definitely ask that lady where she got them and/or beg for seeds. Wonder if they'd come true as red with the color variablity kowalleka saw at the garden center. Definitely worth a shot.

Where are you echinaceamaniac? I have several hundred aclepias incarnata seedlings. I now know what happens when it isn't deadheaded in the fall.

pieheart, I'm in Tennessee. I found the red aclepsias tuberosa. You'll like this one. I posted another thread with a picture.

Too bad, I was hoping to get rid of some seedlings! I'm off now to check out your red asclepias.

Pieheart, I could still take some seedlings! LOL. I like all butterfly weeds!

Did you ever find a source for the red asclepias tuberosa? There was one growing wild on the roadside near my parents' farm in the Ozarks for about three years, a gorgeous scarlet red. I wanted so badly to get seeds, but was never there when it was in seed. Finally, I arrived for a visit to find that the good ol' Missouri Highway Dept. had sprayed that entire roadside with herbicide for about 500 yards. It's illegal to dig wildflowers from the roadside there, but the highway dept. can pull stunts like that. :( Doesn't make sense. They'll wait a couple of years and then plant that whole stretch with crown vetch to help correct the erosion problem that they've created.

Anyway, I was thinking about that today, and decided to search online to see if I could find a source. I came across Seneca Nursery in New York, which apparently did have a good red available, but went out of business this spring! As usual, my timing leaves a little to be desired.

Echinaceamanic - I've been searching for red a. tuberosa also. Looking on the web, I came across several people that say they only got orange and yellow flowers from 'Gay Butterflies'. I would love to have seeds from someone's red flowered tuberosa. I have seeds to trade. : )
If you grew yours from seed collected from a red flowered plant, I'd be interested to know how many of your seedlings turned out red like the mama plant. Thanks!