PERF: speed up MPLPlot._apply_axis_properties by skipping expensive tick

enumeration where feasible

Author: qwhelan

pandas/plotting/_core.py

@@ -468,12 +468,13 @@ def _adorn_subplots(self):
                 self.axes[0].set_title(self.title)
 
     def _apply_axis_properties(self, axis, rot=None, fontsize=None):
-        labels = axis.get_majorticklabels() + axis.get_minorticklabels()
-        for label in labels:
-            if rot is not None:
-                label.set_rotation(rot)
-            if fontsize is not None:
-                label.set_fontsize(fontsize)
+        if rot is not None or fontsize is not None:
+            labels = axis.get_majorticklabels() + axis.get_minorticklabels()
+            for label in labels:
+                if rot is not None:
+                    label.set_rotation(rot)
+                if fontsize is not None:
+                    label.set_fontsize(fontsize)
 
     @property
     def legend_title(self):