diff --git a/ci/run_tests.sh b/ci/run_tests.sh
index 7c11eb13e0e1d..aa6bb714af9dd 100755
--- a/ci/run_tests.sh
+++ b/ci/run_tests.sh
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ if [[ "$PATTERN" ]]; then
   PYTEST_CMD="$PYTEST_CMD -m \"$PATTERN\""
 fi
 
-if [[ $(uname) != "Linux"  && $(uname) != "Darwin" ]]; then
-    PYTEST_CMD="$PYTEST_CMD --ignore=pandas/tests/plotting/"
-fi
-
 echo $PYTEST_CMD
 sh -c "$PYTEST_CMD"
 
diff --git a/pandas/plotting/_core.py b/pandas/plotting/_core.py
index 216ccddcf05cb..85bc3121f5e4e 100644
--- a/pandas/plotting/_core.py
+++ b/pandas/plotting/_core.py
@@ -1793,12 +1793,19 @@ def _load_backend(backend: str) -> types.ModuleType:
     found_backend = False
 
     eps = entry_points()
-    if "pandas_plotting_backends" in eps:
-        for entry_point in eps["pandas_plotting_backends"]:
-            found_backend = entry_point.name == backend
-            if found_backend:
-                module = entry_point.load()
-                break
+    key = "pandas_plotting_backends"
+    # entry_points lost dict API ~ PY 3.10
+    # https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues/298
+    if hasattr(eps, "select"):
+        # error: "Dict[str, Tuple[EntryPoint, ...]]" has no attribute "select"
+        entry = eps.select(group=key)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+    else:
+        entry = eps.get(key, ())
+    for entry_point in entry:
+        found_backend = entry_point.name == backend
+        if found_backend:
+            module = entry_point.load()
+            break
 
     if not found_backend:
         # Fall back to unregistered, module name approach.
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/common.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/common.py
index 1e91379921b88..df853770b85f1 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/common.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/common.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 """
 Module consolidating common testing functions for checking plotting.
-
-Currently all plotting tests are marked as slow via
-``pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow`` at the module level.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame.py
index 9861c84b7cc03..818c86dfca424 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame.py
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@
 from pandas.io.formats.printing import pprint_thing
 import pandas.plotting as plotting
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestDataFramePlots(TestPlotBase):
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_plot(self):
         df = tm.makeTimeDataFrame()
         _check_plot_works(df.plot, grid=False)
@@ -163,6 +162,7 @@ def test_nullable_int_plot(self):
         _check_plot_works(df[["A", "D"]].plot, x="A", y="D")
         _check_plot_works(df[["A", "E"]].plot, x="A", y="E")
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_integer_array_plot(self):
         # GH 25587
         arr = pd.array([1, 2, 3, 4], dtype="UInt32")
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ def test_plot_scatter_with_s(self):
         ax = df.plot.scatter(x="a", y="b", s="c")
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(df["c"].values, right=ax.collections[0].get_sizes())
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_plot_bar(self):
         df = DataFrame(
             np.random.randn(6, 4),
@@ -1416,6 +1417,7 @@ def test_pie_df_nan(self):
             expected_labels = base_expected[:i] + base_expected[i + 1 :]
             assert result_labels == expected_labels
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_errorbar_plot(self):
         d = {"x": np.arange(12), "y": np.arange(12, 0, -1)}
         df = DataFrame(d)
@@ -1462,6 +1464,7 @@ def test_errorbar_plot(self):
         with tm.external_error_raised(TypeError):
             df.plot(yerr=df_err)
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("kind", ["line", "bar", "barh"])
     def test_errorbar_plot_different_kinds(self, kind):
         d = {"x": np.arange(12), "y": np.arange(12, 0, -1)}
@@ -1513,6 +1516,7 @@ def test_errorbar_with_integer_column_names(self):
         ax = _check_plot_works(df.plot, y=0, yerr=1)
         self._check_has_errorbars(ax, xerr=0, yerr=1)
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_errorbar_with_partial_columns(self):
         df = DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 3))
         df_err = DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 2), columns=[0, 2])
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_color.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_color.py
index 867570b06ff31..ed0c94aa4dfa0 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_color.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_color.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
     _check_plot_works,
 )
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestDataFrameColor(TestPlotBase):
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_groupby.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_groupby.py
index e18bdbc5d7579..9c148645966ad 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_groupby.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_groupby.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 from pandas import DataFrame
 from pandas.tests.plotting.common import TestPlotBase
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestDataFramePlotsGroupby(TestPlotBase):
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_legend.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_legend.py
index 9501047415e9e..e11aeeccfd5fb 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_legend.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_legend.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+import pandas.util._test_decorators as td
+
 from pandas import (
     DataFrame,
     date_range,
 )
 from pandas.tests.plotting.common import TestPlotBase
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 class TestFrameLegend(TestPlotBase):
     @pytest.mark.xfail(
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def test_legend_false(self):
         expected = ["blue", "green", "red"]
         assert result == expected
 
+    @td.skip_if_no_scipy
     def test_df_legend_labels(self):
         kinds = ["line", "bar", "barh", "kde", "area", "hist"]
         df = DataFrame(np.random.rand(3, 3), columns=["a", "b", "c"])
@@ -158,13 +159,21 @@ def test_legend_name(self):
         leg_title = ax.legend_.get_title()
         self._check_text_labels(leg_title, "new")
 
-    def test_no_legend(self):
-        kinds = ["line", "bar", "barh", "kde", "area", "hist"]
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "kind",
+        [
+            "line",
+            "bar",
+            "barh",
+            pytest.param("kde", marks=td.skip_if_no_scipy),
+            "area",
+            "hist",
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_no_legend(self, kind):
         df = DataFrame(np.random.rand(3, 3), columns=["a", "b", "c"])
-
-        for kind in kinds:
-            ax = df.plot(kind=kind, legend=False)
-            self._check_legend_labels(ax, visible=False)
+        ax = df.plot(kind=kind, legend=False)
+        self._check_legend_labels(ax, visible=False)
 
     def test_missing_markers_legend(self):
         # 14958
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_subplots.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_subplots.py
index 4805eb558c465..47d91c7975a28 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_subplots.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame_subplots.py
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
 
 from pandas.io.formats.printing import pprint_thing
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestDataFramePlotsSubplots(TestPlotBase):
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_subplots(self):
         df = DataFrame(np.random.rand(10, 3), index=list(string.ascii_letters[:10]))
 
@@ -237,6 +236,7 @@ def test_subplots_layout_single_column(
         )
         assert axes.shape == expected_shape
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_subplots_warnings(self):
         # GH 9464
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(None):
@@ -580,19 +580,21 @@ def test_bar_barwidth_position(self, kwargs):
         df = DataFrame(np.random.randn(5, 5))
         self._check_bar_alignment(df, width=0.9, position=0.2, **kwargs)
 
-    def test_bar_barwidth_position_int(self):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("w", [1, 1.0])
+    def test_bar_barwidth_position_int(self, w):
+        # GH 12979
+        df = DataFrame(np.random.randn(5, 5))
+        ax = df.plot.bar(stacked=True, width=w)
+        ticks = ax.xaxis.get_ticklocs()
+        tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(ticks, np.array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4]))
+        assert ax.get_xlim() == (-0.75, 4.75)
+        # check left-edge of bars
+        assert ax.patches[0].get_x() == -0.5
+        assert ax.patches[-1].get_x() == 3.5
+
+    def test_bar_barwidth_position_int_width_1(self):
         # GH 12979
         df = DataFrame(np.random.randn(5, 5))
-
-        for w in [1, 1.0]:
-            ax = df.plot.bar(stacked=True, width=w)
-            ticks = ax.xaxis.get_ticklocs()
-            tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(ticks, np.array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4]))
-            assert ax.get_xlim() == (-0.75, 4.75)
-            # check left-edge of bars
-            assert ax.patches[0].get_x() == -0.5
-            assert ax.patches[-1].get_x() == 3.5
-
         self._check_bar_alignment(df, kind="bar", stacked=True, width=1)
         self._check_bar_alignment(df, kind="barh", stacked=False, width=1)
         self._check_bar_alignment(df, kind="barh", stacked=True, width=1)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_hist_box_by.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_hist_box_by.py
index 282c977f89552..fe39c3d441396 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_hist_box_by.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_hist_box_by.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def hist_df():
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestHistWithBy(TestPlotBase):
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "by, column, titles, legends",
         [
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_backend.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_backend.py
index 1e3635714b745..82e82781e894b 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_backend.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_backend.py
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 setattr(dummy_backend, "plot", lambda *args, **kwargs: "used_dummy")
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 def restore_backend():
     """Restore the plotting backend to matplotlib"""
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_boxplot_method.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_boxplot_method.py
index 207ebd7f2a193..9ca8a71ed1897 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_boxplot_method.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_boxplot_method.py
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 from pandas.io.formats.printing import pprint_thing
 import pandas.plotting as plotting
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestDataFramePlots(TestPlotBase):
@@ -50,6 +48,7 @@ def test_stacked_boxplot_set_axis(self):
             np.arange(0, 80, 10)
         )
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_boxplot_legacy1(self):
         df = DataFrame(
             np.random.randn(6, 4),
@@ -337,6 +336,7 @@ def test_boxplot_legacy1(self, hist_df):
         axes = _check_plot_works(grouped.boxplot, subplots=False, return_type="axes")
         self._check_axes_shape(axes, axes_num=1, layout=(1, 1))
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_boxplot_legacy2(self):
         tuples = zip(string.ascii_letters[:10], range(10))
         df = DataFrame(np.random.rand(10, 3), index=MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples))
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ def test_grouped_plot_fignums(self):
         res = df.groupby("gender").hist()
         tm.close()
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_grouped_box_return_type(self, hist_df):
         df = hist_df
 
@@ -415,6 +416,7 @@ def test_grouped_box_return_type(self, hist_df):
             returned = df2.boxplot(by="category", return_type=t)
             self._check_box_return_type(returned, t, expected_keys=columns2)
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_grouped_box_layout(self, hist_df):
         df = hist_df
 
@@ -508,6 +510,7 @@ def test_grouped_box_layout(self, hist_df):
         )
         self._check_axes_shape(self.plt.gcf().axes, axes_num=3, layout=(1, 3))
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_grouped_box_multiple_axes(self, hist_df):
         # GH 6970, GH 7069
         df = hist_df
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_common.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_common.py
index 6eebf0c01ae52..d4624cfc74872 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_common.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_common.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
     _gen_two_subplots,
 )
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestCommon(TestPlotBase):
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_converter.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_converter.py
index f3418415695b0..04d3397faddb7 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_converter.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_converter.py
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
 dates = pytest.importorskip("matplotlib.dates")
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
-
 def test_registry_mpl_resets():
     # Check that Matplotlib converters are properly reset (see issue #27481)
     code = (
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_datetimelike.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_datetimelike.py
index 197083a9ad940..9b08cd0637751 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_datetimelike.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_datetimelike.py
@@ -41,23 +41,21 @@
 
 from pandas.tseries.offsets import WeekOfMonth
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestTSPlot(TestPlotBase):
+    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::UserWarning")
     def test_ts_plot_with_tz(self, tz_aware_fixture):
         # GH2877, GH17173, GH31205, GH31580
         tz = tz_aware_fixture
         index = date_range("1/1/2011", periods=2, freq="H", tz=tz)
         ts = Series([188.5, 328.25], index=index)
-        with tm.assert_produces_warning(None):
-            _check_plot_works(ts.plot)
-            ax = ts.plot()
-            xdata = list(ax.get_lines())[0].get_xdata()
-            # Check first and last points' labels are correct
-            assert (xdata[0].hour, xdata[0].minute) == (0, 0)
-            assert (xdata[-1].hour, xdata[-1].minute) == (1, 0)
+        _check_plot_works(ts.plot)
+        ax = ts.plot()
+        xdata = list(ax.get_lines())[0].get_xdata()
+        # Check first and last points' labels are correct
+        assert (xdata[0].hour, xdata[0].minute) == (0, 0)
+        assert (xdata[-1].hour, xdata[-1].minute) == (1, 0)
 
     def test_fontsize_set_correctly(self):
         # For issue #8765
@@ -497,6 +495,7 @@ def test_finder_annual(self):
 
         assert rs == xp
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_finder_minutely(self):
         nminutes = 50 * 24 * 60
         rng = date_range("1/1/1999", freq="Min", periods=nminutes)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_groupby.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_groupby.py
index 997f5abe12078..de81ad20f7370 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_groupby.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_groupby.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 import pandas._testing as tm
 from pandas.tests.plotting.common import TestPlotBase
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestDataFrameGroupByPlots(TestPlotBase):
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_hist_method.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_hist_method.py
index c2926b4f22372..0955e7808f3f6 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_hist_method.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_hist_method.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
     _check_plot_works,
 )
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def ts():
@@ -69,6 +67,7 @@ def test_hist_layout(self, hist_df):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
             df.height.hist(layout=[1, 1])
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_hist_layout_with_by(self, hist_df):
         df = hist_df
 
@@ -232,6 +231,7 @@ def test_hist_kde_color(self, ts):
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestDataFramePlots(TestPlotBase):
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_hist_df_legacy(self, hist_df):
         from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle
 
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ def test_grouped_hist_legacy2(self):
         assert len(self.plt.get_fignums()) == 2
         tm.close()
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_grouped_hist_layout(self, hist_df):
         df = hist_df
         msg = "Layout of 1x1 must be larger than required size 2"
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_misc.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_misc.py
index be5e5cbae2538..64c736d6314e4 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_misc.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_misc.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 import pandas.plotting as plotting
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @td.skip_if_mpl
 def test_import_error_message():
@@ -137,6 +135,7 @@ def test_scatter_matrix_axis(self, pass_axis):
         self._check_text_labels(axes0_labels, expected)
         self._check_ticks_props(axes, xlabelsize=8, xrot=90, ylabelsize=8, yrot=0)
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_andrews_curves(self, iris):
         from matplotlib import cm
 
@@ -213,6 +212,7 @@ def test_andrews_curves(self, iris):
         handles, labels = ax.get_legend_handles_labels()
         self._check_colors(handles, linecolors=colors)
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_parallel_coordinates(self, iris):
         from matplotlib import cm
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_series.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_series.py
index 457ccc2ffce51..d0ed5cb754c40 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_series.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_series.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 """ Test cases for Series.plot """
-
-
 from datetime import datetime
 from itertools import chain
 
@@ -23,8 +21,6 @@
 
 import pandas.plotting as plotting
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def ts():
@@ -43,6 +39,7 @@ def iseries():
 
 @td.skip_if_no_mpl
 class TestSeriesPlots(TestPlotBase):
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_plot(self, ts):
         _check_plot_works(ts.plot, label="foo")
         _check_plot_works(ts.plot, use_index=False)
@@ -64,7 +61,17 @@ def test_plot(self, ts):
     def test_plot_iseries(self, iseries):
         _check_plot_works(iseries.plot)
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("kind", ["line", "bar", "barh", "kde", "hist", "box"])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "kind",
+        [
+            "line",
+            "bar",
+            "barh",
+            pytest.param("kde", marks=td.skip_if_no_scipy),
+            "hist",
+            "box",
+        ],
+    )
     def test_plot_series_kinds(self, series, kind):
         _check_plot_works(series[:5].plot, kind=kind)
 
@@ -495,6 +502,7 @@ def test_boxplot_series(self, ts):
         ylabels = ax.get_yticklabels()
         self._check_text_labels(ylabels, [""] * len(ylabels))
 
+    @td.skip_if_no_scipy
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "kind",
         plotting.PlotAccessor._common_kinds + plotting.PlotAccessor._series_kinds,
@@ -516,6 +524,7 @@ def test_invalid_plot_data(self, kind):
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             s.plot(kind=kind, ax=ax)
 
+    @td.skip_if_no_scipy
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("kind", plotting.PlotAccessor._common_kinds)
     def test_valid_object_plot(self, kind):
         s = Series(range(10), dtype=object)
@@ -562,6 +571,7 @@ def test_errorbar_asymmetrical(self):
 
         tm.close()
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_errorbar_plot(self):
 
         s = Series(np.arange(10), name="x")
@@ -603,10 +613,13 @@ def test_errorbar_plot(self):
         with tm.external_error_raised(TypeError):
             s.plot(yerr=s_err)
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_table(self, series):
         _check_plot_works(series.plot, table=True)
         _check_plot_works(series.plot, table=series)
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
+    @td.skip_if_no_scipy
     def test_series_grid_settings(self):
         # Make sure plot defaults to rcParams['axes.grid'] setting, GH 9792
         self._check_grid_settings(
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_style.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_style.py
index 3c48eeaccbf34..665bda15724fd 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_style.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_style.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 pytest.importorskip("matplotlib")
 from pandas.plotting._matplotlib.style import get_standard_colors
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.slow
-
 
 class TestGetStandardColors:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(