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.
Wildflowers & Plants. 1  Painting the landscape with a brilliant palette of color, the wildflower meadows of Starved Rock State Park are simply stunning to view. 2  Native to a particular area, wildflowers are plants than have not been cultivated or modified by human intervention.