title: Pandas Dataframe: area plot stacked='false' not working
body: <p>I have an area plot that remains stacked even if I explicitly deactivate the stacking by setting the argument <em>stacked='false'</em>.</p>
  
  <p>Here's some example code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import pandas as pd
  import numpy as np
  import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  from datetime import datetime as dt
  
  # Generate sample data
  sample_data = np.random.rand(24*365, 5)
  df = pd.DataFrame(sample_data,
                    index=pd.date_range('1/1/2015 00:00',
                                        periods=len(sample_data), freq='H'))
  
  # Select date range to plot
  date_from = dt(2015, 12, 22, 12, 0)
  date_to = dt(2015, 12, 22, 23, 0)
  df = df.loc[date_from:date_to]
  
  # Plotting
  df.plot(kind='line', colormap='Blues')
  # Place legend topright
  [ax.legend(loc=1) for ax in plt.gcf().axes]
  df.plot(kind='bar', stacked='true', colormap='Greens')
  # Place legend topright
  [ax.legend(loc=1) for ax in plt.gcf().axes]
  df.plot(kind='barh', stacked='true', colormap='Oranges')
  # Place legend topright
  [ax.legend(loc=1) for ax in plt.gcf().axes]
  
  # This one doesn't work as explained in
  # http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/visualization.html
  df.plot(kind='area', stacked='false', alpha=0.5, colormap='Reds')
  # Place legend topright
  [ax.legend(loc=1) for ax in plt.gcf().axes]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The area plot looks like this on my machine:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LdYwa.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LdYwa.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I have two questions:</p>
  
  <p>1.) How can I fix the area plot so that it's not stacked?</p>
  
  <p>2.) Is there any way to get rid of the repeated " [ax.legend(loc=1) for ax in plt.gcf().axes]" after each plot?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>