New Guinea Impatiens plant named `Duepetsal`

A new and distinct variety of New Guinea Impatiens plant named `Duepetsal`, characterized by its salmon petal color; floriferousness; dense and bushy plant habit very freely and basally branching plant habit; and dark green non-variegated foliage.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of New Guinea 
Impatiens plant, botanically known as Impatiens hawkeri, and hereinafter 
referred to by the name `Duepetsal`. The new variety is marketed under the 
trade name Red Fox Petticoat Salmon. 
The new variety is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the 
Inventor in Rheinberg, Germany. The objective of the breeding program is 
to develop New Guinea Impatiens that are freely branching; compact; early 
flowering; and that have desirable flower and leaf colors. 
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor of the 
propietary New Guinea Impatiens seedling selection identified as code 
number K-12 as the male or pollen parent with a proprietary New Guinea 
Impatiens seedling selection identified as code number K-14 as the female 
or seed parent. 
`Duepetsal` was discovered and selected in 1994 by the Inventor as a single 
flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled 
environment in Rheinberg, Germany. 
Asexual reproduction of the new variety by terminal cuttings taken at 
Rheinberg, Germany, has shown that the unique features of this new variety 
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of 
asexual reproduction. 
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be 
the unique characteristics of `Duepetsal`. These characteristics in 
combination distinguish `Duepetsal` as a new and distinct variety: 
1. Salmon petal color. 
2. Freely flowering. 
3. Dense and bushy plant habit. 
4. Very freely and basally branching plant habit. 
5. Dark green non-variegated foliage. 
In side-by-side comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Rheinberg, 
Germany, plants of the new New Guinea Impatiens are more compact and 
differ from the male parent variety in flower color. Compared to plants of 
the female parent, plants of the new New Guinea Impatiens are more freely 
branching, more uniform and differ in flower color. 
The new variety can be compared to the commercial cultivar Grenada 
(disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,343). However, in side-by-side 
comparisons conducted by the Inventor in Rheinberg, Germany, plants of the 
new variety are more compact and have a more intense flower color and 
darker eye.