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.
Below is a list of some of the Illinois prairie plants that can be found at Starved Rock State Park and surrounding parks. Aster, New England (Aster novae-angliae) Beebalm (Monarda fistulosa) Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Blazing Star, prairie (Liatris pycnostachya)