Dipladenia is a bushier plant whose stems grow down and hang. The two plants have similar brightly colored flowers, but mandevilla has a larger flower typically in red. Both plants need the same bright light and dipladenia care is the same as that for the mandevilla vine.
Peru Owned Hydroelectric Power Station. The city of Peru owns and manages the Starved Rock hydroelectric power stationâthe only such energy generating facility on the Illinois River. The city has owned and operated its own electric generation, transmission, and distribution system continuously since 1891.
After the hike, there's plenty more to do at Starved Rock. For 20 years, Lisle and Pat Elsbury made the 80-mile drive from their suburban Chicago home to Starved Rock State Park, one of the state's favored hiking and camping spots.here it is: About 100 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, just off Interstate Highway 80 (via Interstates 55, 94 and 57). The main attraction: Starved Rock State Park (www.starvedrockstatepark.org), which is home to 18 small, lovely canyons formed by glacial meltwater and erosion across its 2,500 acres.